—— Scor (Reginald) THE DiscovERY OF WITCHCRAFT, proving that the Compacts and Contracts of Witches with Devils and all Infernal Spirits or Familiars, are but Erroneous Novelties and Imaginary Conceptions, also discovering, How far their Power extendeth in Killing, Tor- menting, Consuming, or Curing the bodies of Men, Women, etc., by Charms, Philtres, Conjurations, etc., wherein like- wise the Unchristian Practices and In- humane ‘Dealings of . Searchers and Witch-tryers upon Aged, Melancholly, and Superstitious people, in extorting Confessions by Terrors and Tortures, and in devising false Marks and Symptoms, are Detected, and the Knavery of Juglers, Alchymists, etc.; with many other things, all which are very necessary to be known for the undeceiving of Judges, Justices and Jurors, before they pass Sentence upon Poor, Miserable and Ignorant People; who are frequently Arraigned, Condemned, and Executed for Witches and Wizzards; whereunto is added an excellent Discourse of the Nature and Substance of Devils and Spirits, woodcuts (title vepaived and mounted), folio, calf (vebacked), 1665. Rave £6/10/0 The most famous book in English on Witchcraft and a work of learning. It was a book with which Shakespeare was acquainted and is largely quoted by later Shakespearian editors. James I. ordered the book to be burnt. Ethnological Collection Boston College Library IL Difcovery of ores PR O V qT N 6s - . = | T hat the Compacts and «.ontratts of Wi TCHES| |) with Devils and all Inferna Spirits or Familiars , are but a Erroneous Novelties and [Imaginary Conceptions, ee Alfo difcovering, How far their Power extendeth in ling, Tormening,| | | Confuming, or Curing the bodies of Men, Women, Children, or Animals, © by Charms, Philtres, Periapts, Pent: cles, Curfes, and Conjurationss WHEREIN LIKEWISE. The Unchriftian Practices and Inhumane Dealings of Searchers and Witchetryers upon Aged, Melancholy, and Super/itious people, in extorting Confeffions by Terrors and Tortures , and in devifing falfe Marks and Symptoms, are notably Dete@ed,.. 4] And the Knavery of Fuglers, Conjurers ,Charmers Sooth{ayers,FigureeCaffers, | Dreamers, Alchymifts and Philterers; with many other things _ that have long Jain hidden, fully Opened and De ALL wHICH : Ate very neceffary to be known. for tle undeceiving of tudges, ‘ili and Jurors before they pafs Sentence upon P'oor,Miferable and Ignorant i who are spice. Arraigned, Condemned, and Executed for Witches and Wizrards, IN SIXTEEN BOOKS. a By REGINALD 4 Cor Efquire, “ Wheaus i ad is ne ‘ed (An excellent Difcourfe of thos Neo atiire and S fa : DEVILS « SRYRIT Gy | IN TWO 800 K‘S | : The Firf by the atorefaid 4uthor : The Second n now -added'in this Third Edition , as Succedaneous to the ees and. conduding to the compleating of the Whole ook: ni. With Nine Chapters at the beginning of the Fifteen’h Book | of tie DIS COV ERY, LONDON: Me — Printed for as Clark, and are to be fold by Dixy Page at the Tai -Flegd | in Cornbal neat the eke er nmess I 6 eP CP ~ i + -) s ve “4 aPAsnenennsnanssenenas-ssasosossnsessscsassen ” | To the Honorable, mine efpecial good Lord, 5 ‘Sir ROGER MAN WOOD Knight, Lord Chief Baron of Her MAFEST IES Court of the Exchequer. \ oe SQ N-fo-much as I know that your Lordfhip ea) is by nature wholly inclined,and inpurpoe <0 3/3. earneftly bent, to relieve the Poor, andthat = SQ not only with Ho/pitahty and Alms, but by SX divers other devifes and wayes tending to | sessy> their comfort: having (as it were) framed he oa and fet your felf to the help and maintenance of their PVTGECUAS «3 oe 4 appeareth by your charge and travel inthat behalf, Whereas 6 A allo you havea Jpecial care for the Jupporting of their right , Sa ae and redreffing of their wrongs, as neither defpifing their (ala-. | mity, nor yet forgetting their (omplaint ; feeking all means for their amendment, and for the reformation of their diforders, | a even as avery Father to the Poor. Finally, for that | am a ‘oe poor member of that Common-wealth, where your’ Lordiiipis: ~. a7 am a principal perfon; 1 thought this my travel, in: the bebalt of : the poor, the aged, and the /imple, might be very fitly com- mended unto you; for a weak houferequireth a /rong flay. In which refpect J give God thanks, that hath raifed upun- to mefo mighty a friend for them as your Lordfhip is, who | in our Laws have fuch knowledge, in Government fuch difcre- tion, in thele Caufes fuch experience, and in the (ommon-wealth ... ~ fuch authority ; and never the els vouch{afeto defcendtothe confideration of thefe bafe and inferior matters, which minifter _ “more care and trouble, than worldly eftimation. ge aes _. © And infomuch as your Lordfhip knoweth or rather exer -dfeth the officeofa Fudge, whole partitis to hear with cour- : tefie,andto determine with equity ; it cannot but be apparent unto you, that when punifhment exceedeth the fault, itistra- ther to be thought vengeance than corréétion. In which refpect I know you {pend more time and travel in the converfion'and °° | 5 ae | (a): 5 reformation, we Sy i: = NQF S SS Near S TEP The Epiftle Dedicatory. the end you may diminifh their publick fmart. For intruth, that tars bear more (way than mercy and due compaffion. - Howbeit, it is natural to unnatural people, and peculiar un- Woy to Witchmongers, to pur{ne the poor, to accufe the fimple, and to a kill the innocent ; {upplying in rigor and malice towards others, that which they themfelves want in proof and di/cretion , or the other in offence or occafion. But as a cruel beart and an boneft mind do {eldom meet and feed together in adifh, fo a difereet and merciful Magiftrate, and a happy Common-wealth cannot be a | feparated afunder. How much then are we bound to God who hath given us a Queen, that of Ju/tice is not only the very per- : | fe&t image and patern, but alfo of Mercy and Clemency ( under _ God) the meer fountain and body it felf? Infomuch as they ee — which bunt moft after blood in thefe dayes, have lea/t authority to - -_ fhed it. Moreover, fith I fee chat in cafes where lenity might be - — noifome, and punifhment wholefome to the Common-wealth, there no refpeét of perfon can move you, no authority can abafh you, no fear, no threats can daunt you in performing the daty of Fujtice. oF In that refpect again, { find your Lord/hip a fit perfon to oe -gudge and look upon this prelenc Treatife. Wherein Twill bring a betore you, as it were to the bar,tto forts of moft arrogant and _ wicked people ; the firlt, challenging to themfelves, the {econd, attributing wnto others, That Power which only appertaineth to Apo. 431. God : who-only is the “ane of all things, who only fearcheth Bas. the heart and reins, who only knoweth our imaginations and Luks. thoughts, who only openeth all fecrets, who only worketh great Platiza_besge., Wanders, Who only hath power to raife up and caf? down, who ob 5: & 36. , : ; : . i ; Sim 12. at bis pleafure,who only fendeth life and death, fickne/s and health, - 2 King 3-- Wealth and wo; who neither give nor lendeth his glory to any ae a ce va eremture, Pe ccs oe er Be Ones 4 7 And therefore, that which grieveth me to the bottom of my “Mi. 42.8. heart, is,that thefe Witchmongers cannot be content to wreft out | of Gods handhis Almighty Power, and. keep it themfelves, or leave sc with a Witch : but that, when by drift of argument they a Devil, or at the leaft pray aide of him, as though the rains of all ck aes | mens yeformation, than in the fubyerfion and confusion of Offenders, as being well pleafed to augment your own private pains , to’ Common-wealth remaineth in woful late, where fetters and hal-_ Jeem. 5 only maketh thunder lightning, rain, tempeft,and reftraineth them _are madeto lay down the bucklers, they yield them up to the cig eed a shy hte Ge “bine AE le SL Se Se ~~ thi)! alee wee ae Tot ct eR ii pave ae oh co ew RS SS ee pe ee en ee 3 bate ‘ sr Shs ‘ Be yee, acy yi way + E Nis bait Sis Any ee Epifile Dedicatory. | mens lives and aétions were committed into his. hand, and that he fat at the fern, to guide and dire the courfe of ‘thewhole World ; imputing unto him power and ability enough to'do as - great things and as'firange Miracles, as ever Chrift did: <0 _ Bur the Dogtors of this /upernatural doctrine, fay fome- times, That the Witch doth all thefe things by vertue of her Charms, fometimes, that a Spiritual, fometimes, that a Corporal Devil doth accomplifh it; fometimes. they fay , ‘that the Devil’ doth but make the Witch believe fhe doth that which he bimfelf hath wrought ; fometimes , that the Devil: feemeth to do that by compulfion, which be doth» moft willingly: Finally, the Writers hereupon are fo eloquent, and full of variety, that fome- times they write, that the Devil doth all this by God's permifSia on only; Sometimes, by his licence; fometimes; by his appoints ment : {o as (in effect and truth) not the Devil, but the high and mighty King of Kings,and Lord of hofts, even God bimfelf., fhould this way be made obedient and fervile to obey and pers : form the will and commandement of a malicious old Witch, and miraculonfly to anfwer her appetite, as well in every trifling vanity, as in moft horrible executions ; asthe revenger of ado~ . ° : ° & = PASS Seah ting old womans imagined wrongs, to the defiruétion of many = innocent children, and as a fupporter of her pafSions, tothe undos ing of many a poor foul. And I fee not, but a Witch may as well ‘inchant when fhe will, as a lyer may lye whey he 4/2, and fo fhould we poffe/s nothing, but by a Witches licence and permifsion, (he pie las . And now forfooth it is brought to this point,thac all Devils, which were wont to be /piritual, may at their pleafure become corporal, and to fhew themfelves familiarly to Witches and Cons jurors, and to none other, and by them only may be made tame, and keptina box,&c. So as a malicious old Woman may command her Devil to plague her neighbor ; and he is affliéted in manner and form as fhe defireth. But then cometh ano- ther Witch, and fhe biddeth her Devil help, and he bealeth the fame party. Soas they make it a kingdome divided in it felf, and ‘therefore I truft, ic will not long endure, but will fhortly be overthrown, according tothe words of our Saviour, Onme reg- yum in [e divifum defolabitur ; Every kingdom divided in it [elf fhall be defolate: es al Wigs 7 And although fome fay,that the Devil is the Witches inflrument (as): ee to . "4 iyicts 2 We eee 1 peers Se RM aS oy ie Si STOTT Nes Sr ae » 2 7 os the Epiftle Dedicatory. a to bring her purpofesand practices to pafs: yet others ay, that fhe #8 hisinftrument, to execute bis pleafure in any thing, and there. foreto be executed. Butthen (methinks) fhe fhould be inju- rioufly deal withal, and put to death for anothers offence : for aétions are not judged by inftrumental caufes ; neither doth the end and purpofe of that which is done, depend upon the mean infirument. Finally,if the Witch donot, why fhould the — Witch die for it? Bucthey fay, thar Witches are per/aded and think, that they do indeed thofe mifchiefs ; and bave a will to per- ~ form that which the Devil committeth, and chat therefore they are Worthy to die. By which -reafon every one fhould be executed, that wifheth evil to his neighbour, &c. But if the will fhould be punifhed by man, according to the offence again{t God, we fhould be driven by thoufands at once to the /laughterboufe ot butcheryt For, whofoever loatheth correétion {hall die. And who fhould efcape execution, if this lothfomne/s (1 fay ) fhould extend to death by the Civil Laws! Alfo, the reward of fin & death. Howbeit, every one that finneth, is not to be put to death by the Magiftrate. But, my Lord it fhall be proved in my a book, and your Lordfhip fhall try it to be true, as well here at - ae ——— home;in yout native countrey.as allo abroade in your feveral cire . ip _ chits, that (befides them that be Venefice, which are plain Poy- — i - foners) there will be found among our Witches only two forts; the one fort being fuch by imputation, as fe thought of by others (and thefe are abufed, and not abulers ) the other by acceptation, | as being willing {o to be accounted,and thele be meer Cofeners. inf ti s cap... Calpin treating of thele Magicians, calleth them Cofeners .ay- tuk weer ing, That they ufetheir Jugling knacks only to. amafe or abuje the — pe 38 people, or elfefor Fame ; but he might rather have laid for Gain. Lib.de taniis, Braftus himfelf, being a principal writer iin the behalf of me Witches omnipotency, is forced to confe/s, that thele Greek words manlas eaylenla, oasuarie, are moft commonly put for illufion, falfee packing, cofenage, fraud -knavery, and deceit : and is further dri- ven to fay, That in ancient time,the learned were not fo blockifh, as not to fee that the promifes of Magicians and Inchanters were falfe, and nothing elfe but knavery, cofenage, and old wives fables, and yet defendeth he their flying in the air, their transferring of Corn or Gra|s from one field to Sahobber: Sic. . . _. Butas Eraftus difagreeth herein with him/elf and his friends: — fo is there no agreement among any of thofe Writers, but only — : a | In. Sieg eye, ee en, ee Oe ee _—o- S e e —— > ae: fe Le Peg a. 1 ye ee Weer OS RA EY ee ee PMNS he ty RN en re NN say Ce Ean yt toe ae ry — ~ ia Mi i La S a te ss at 2 rhe Rie é ty Toe Qs s - . =r vere z r REN ‘ : - S : ‘ pli The Epiftle Dedicatory. in cruelties , abfurdities , and impo/sibilites. . And thefe ( my Lord) that fall into fo manifeft .contradi€tions, and into luch abfurd affeverations , are nov of the inferiour fore of . Writers; neither are they all Papifs, bur men of {uch ac- count, as whole names give more credit to their caufc, then their Writings. In whofe behalf] am forry, and partly for reverence Supprefs their fonde/t errors and fouleft abfurdities.. dealing’ {pes cially with them that moft contend in cruelty, whofe feet are 1a. 59° 7. OMe 3. - poifito fhed blood 5 Striving, ( as Jefus the fon of Sirach faith’ ) Pa oe : and hafting (as Solomonthe {on of David faith) *to' pouriont ‘the jeremy. blood of the Innocent : whole heat againft the poor.wretches ame hc | cannot be allayed with any other liquor then blood, and there: fore I fear that under their wings will be found the dlood of the fouls of the poor, at that day, when the Lord fhall fay, Depare from me ye blood-thirfly men. Mer aay toh) And becaufe I know your Lordfhip will take no counfel a- gainftinnocent biood, but rather fupprefs them that feck to ims brew their bands therein, I have made choice to open their cafe toyou, and to lay their miferable calamity before your feet; fol- - lowing herein the advice of that learned man Brentivs, who ™ tp'fla ad ; : : : ee TOO eer bes see ba Wier. faith, Si quis admonuerit Magiftratum, ne in miferas illas mulier- as culas(aviat, eum ego arbitror divinitus excitatum.: thatis, Jfany admoni{h the Magiftrate not to deal too hardly with thefe miferable wretches, that are called Witches, I think him a. good inftrument -raifed up for this purpof? by God himfelf. ; ens, But it will perchance be {aid by Witchmongers; towit,by fuch as attribute to Witches the power which appertainethto = God only, That Ihave made choice of your Lordfhip to be a Pa- tron to.thixmy Book , becanfe I think you favour mine opinions, a and by that means may the more freely publifh any error or-conceitt. = * of mine own, which fhould rather be warranted by your Lovdfligs” 9° > av _ authority, then by the Word of God, or by fufficient argument. But I proteft the contrary, and by thefeprefents I venonnce all protection, and de/pife all friend/hip that might ferve to help to- wards the /upprefsing or /upplanting of Truth: knowing alle that your Lordfhip is far from allowing any injury done unto Man ; much more an enemy to them thatgo about to difho- nour God, or to embeazel the title of his immortal glory. But becaufe I know you to be per/picuous and able to {ee down in- to the depth and bottome of Caufes, and are not to be carryed . away Pi ge Na Tet ee Benen Serena >) een ; aris Jee ; ig ‘“g F vt. a i eet igs ie wh aa, i The Epifle Dedicatory. ‘away with the vain perfwafiow ox fuperflition either of Man, Cuftom, Time or Multitude, but moved with the authority of Truth only : I crave your countenance herein, even {fo far forth, ~ and no further, then the law of God; the law of Nature, the — Jaw of this Land, and the rule of Rea/on fhall require. Neither. do I treat for thefe poor people any otherwile, but fo, as with one hand you may /a/taim the good, and with the other /apprefs the evil: wherein you fhall be thought a Father to Orphans, an Advocate to Widows, a Guide to the Blind, a Stay to the Lame;a Comfort and Countenance to the boneft, a Scourge and Terror to the Wicked. | Thus far I have been bold to ule your Lordfhips patience, be- ing offended with my felfchat I could not in brevity utter fuch ‘matter as | have delivered amply ; whereby (I confefs ) occa- fion of tedioufne/s might be miniftred, were it not that your great gravityjoyned with your fingular conftany in reading and judging be means ef the contrary. And 1 wifh even with all my heart, that 1 could make people conceive the fubftance of my writing, and not mifconfier any part of my mean- ing. Then doubtlefs would I perfwade my felf, that the company of Witchmongers, &c. being once decreafed, the zumber alfo of Witches, 8c. would foon be diminifhed. Bur true be the words of the Poet, | | 3 Haudquaquam poteris fortirier omnia folus. Namque aliis divi bello pollere dederunt, Fluic faltandi artem, voce huic cythardque canendi : Rur]um alii inferuit fagax in peétore magnus Fupiter ingenium, &c. nae And therefore as doubtful to prevail by perfwading, though ‘ Thave reafon and common fenfeon my fide, I reft upon earneft wifhing, namely ,To all people an abjolute truft in God the Creator, and not in Creatures which ts to make fle(h our arme. that God may have bis due honour, which by the undutifulne/s of many is turned into difhonour, and les eanfe of offence and error given by common received evil example. And to your Lordfhip, I with, as increafe of Honour, fo continuance of good health and happy dayes. _ Your Lordfhips to be commanded _ Reginald Scot. CEGLECOEEELEOE SEES SHIPeeeTTTTe NTU OU Ne SOOT UONNOSOeCEerTEe TES : = To the Right Worfhipfil, pana SrTHOMeAS SCO T Knight,@c, ‘ppggapsssassssnsesssaosseeseasassasszegesen Gee eee ee GLEDOEEGS or R, uSSy.4 See among other Adalefaétors, many poor old Women convented before you for working of Afiracles, otherwife called Witcheraft ; and therefore I thought Ys alfo a meet perfonto whom I might’ commend my Book. And here I have oc€alion to {peak of your — fincere adminiftration ot Puftice, and of your dexterity, difcretion, charge and travel employed in that behalf, whereof I am oculatas te/tis. How- ' beit I had rather refer the Reader to common fame, and their own eyes and ears, to be fatisfied ; thento fend themtoa Stationers fhop, where many times lyes are vendible,and truth contemptible. For I being of your houfe; of your name, and of ne aa your bloed ; my foot being under your table, my hand-in your difh, or rather in. =f your purfe,might be thought to flatter you in that, wherein (I know) I fhould rather offend youthan pleafe you. Andwhat need I curry-favour with my mofte ~ affared Friend? And it] fhould only publith thofe virtwes (though they be many), which give me fpecial occafionto exhibit this my travel unto you, I fhould do as a Painter, that defcribeth the foot of anotable perfonage, and leaveth all the - bett features in his body untouched. | I therefore (at this time) do only defire you to confider of my report, concerning ~the evidence that is commonly brought before you againitt them. See firtt whether the Evidence be not frivolows, and whether the proofs brouglit againft them be not- incredible, confifting of gueffes, pre(umptions, and impoffibilities contrary. to Reafon, Scripture, and Nature. See alfo what perfons cemplain upon them, whether they be not of the bafeft, the anwifef?, and moft faithle/s kind of people. Alfo may it. _ pleafe you to weigh what accafations and crimes they lay to their charge: namely, She was at my honfe of late: She would have had apot of Milk, (le departed in a - chafe becaufe fhe had it not 5 {le railed, fle curfed, (re mumbled and whifpered; and finally, [Le (aid, She would be even with me : and [oon after my Child, my Cow, my Sow, or my Pallet dyed, or was firangely taken: ‘Nay (if it pleafe your Worlhip) I have farther proof; Iwas with a wife Woman, and fhe told me I had an ill neighbour,and that fhe would come to mey houfe ere it were long, and fo did (he ; and that he had a mark about her waft, and [o bad {le : and God forgive me, my flomach, hath gone againft her a great while. Her Mother before her was counted a Witch; fhe hath been beaten and - {cratched ly the face til blood was drawn upon her, becaufe (he hath been [ufpetted, and afterwards [ome of thofe perfons were [aid to amend. Thefe are the certainties that I hear in their evidences. fee apes Note alfo, how ea/ily they may-be brought to confe/s that which they never did, nor lyeth in the power of Manto do: and then fee whether I have caufeto write ~ asI do. Further, ifyou fhall fee that Znfdelity, Popery,and many other manifeft Herefies be backed and fhouldered, and their profeffors animated and heartened, by yielding to creatares {uch infinite power, as ts wreffed ort of Gods hand, and at- tribured to Witches : Finally, it you fhall preceive that I have faithfully and iruly delivered and fet down the condition and ftate of the Witch, and alfo of the Witchmonger, andhave confuted by Reafon and Law, and by the Word of God it em ee; all — John ¢. Prov. Ig. I. s Aa. 3. Prev, 9. Match. 25. Match. 5, “Luk, 3, ; The Epiftle Dedicatory. all mine alver{aries Obj:éhiins and Arguments ; then let mehave your cosntenance -againgt them that malicioufly oppofe themfelves againtt me. My greacett adverfartes are young ignorance and old cuftom. For what folly foever, tract of time hath foitered, ic is fo fuperttitionfly purfwed of fome, as though no - Error could be acquainted with cu/fom. But ifthe Law of Nations would joyn with - fuch cuftem, to the maintenance of Ignorance, and to the fapprefling of Knowledge, the civileff Countrey inthe World would foon become barbarous, &c. For as Ruowledge and time difcovereth Errors, fo do fuperftition. and ignorance in time breed them. And concerning the opinions of fuch, as with that Zgnorance fhould rather be maintained, than Knowledge bulily fearched for, becaufe thereby offence may grow: I anfwer, that we are commanded by Chrift himfelf to fearch for Knowledge: For, it is the Kings honour (as Solonsen faith) to fearch ont a thing. Ariftstle faidto Alexander, That amind well furnilbed, was more beautiful than abody richly arrayed. What can be more odious to Man, or offenfive to God, than Ignorance ; for, through ignorance the Jews did put Chrift to death. Which igno- rance whofoever forfcketh, is promifed life everlafting ; and therefore among Chriftians it fhould be abhorred above all other things. For even as when we wreftle in the dark, we tamble in the mire, &c. fo when we fee notthe Truth, we wallow in Errors. ‘A blin fan may feek long in the rufhes ere he find a needle ; and asfoon isa doubt difcuffed by Zguorance. Finally, trath is no fooner found out in ignorance, thena fweet favor in a dunghill. And if they will allow men knowledge, and give them no leave to #fe it, men were much better be: without it than Aave it: For it is, as tohave a talent, and to hide it under the earth 3 OF, £0 pat a candle under alu(hel: or as, tohave afhip, and tolet her lie alwayes in the dock : - which thing how profitable iris, I can fay fomewhat by experience. But hereof Ineed fay no more, for every may feeth, that none can be happy who knoweth not what felicity meaneth: For, what availeth it to have riches, and not to have the w/e thereof? Truly the Heathen herein deferved more com- mendationthan many Chriftians ; for they fparedno pain, no coff, nor travel to attain to Knowledge. Pythagoras travelled trom. Thamus to egypt, and after- wards into Crete and Lacedemonia: and Plato out of Athens into Italy and egypt, and all to find out hidden fecrets and knowledge ; which when a man hath, he feemeth to be feparated from mortality. For pretious ftones, and all other creatures of what value foever, are but. counterfeits to this jewel; they are wortal, corruptible, and inconftant ; this is immortal, pure and certain. Wherefore if I have fearched and found out any good thing, that ignorance and tim bath {ussthered, the fame I commend unto you: towhom thouga I owe all that I have, yet am I bold to make others partakers with you in this poor gift. Your loving Cofen Reginal Scot, To the Right Worfhipful his loving Friends, Matter Doétor c oldwell Dean of Roc hefter: | | AND ¢\ 23th "Mafter Doctor Readman Archdeacon of Canterbury, &c. wf A fh Aving found ont two (ach civil Magiftrates,as for direetion of jadgment, =! EY and for ordering matters concerning Jouttice in this Commonwealth (in 3) WS. 7 poor opinion) are very {ingular perfons, who (I hope) will zecept of my SRS. 900 will, and examine my book by their experience, as unto whom the matter therein contained doth greatly appertain : I have now agzin confidered af two other points ; namely, Divinity and Philofophy, whereupon the ground-work of my ‘book. as laid. Wherein although I know them tobe very fufficiently informed, yet doth not the judgment and cenfure of thofe caufes [0 properly appertain to them as unto you, whofe fame therein hath gotten preeminence above all others that I know of your callings : and in that refpett I am bold to joyn you with thems, being all ‘good neighbours together in thes Common-wealth, and loving friends anto me. I do not-prefent this unto you, be~ canfe it ts meet for you ; but for that you are meet for it (Fmean) to judge #pon it, to defend it, and if need be to correct it ; knowing that you have learned of that-grave Councellor Cato, Not to fhame or difcountenance any body. For if Ithonght you as ready, as able, todi(charge me from mineinfufficiency 5 Ifhould not have been hatty (knowing your learning) to have written unto you : ‘but if I (honld be abathed to write to you, I (honld (hew my felf ignorant of your courtelie. cat Sih ~ Lknow mine owa weaknels, which if it have been able to:maintain this argument,thé cafe is the ftronger. Eloquent words may pleafe the ears but [ufficient matter perfwadeth the heart. So asyif I exhibit wholefome drink (theugh it be mail) ina terrene dith with -@ faithful hand, 7 hope it will be as well accepted, as {trong wine offered ina filver bow! with a flattering heart. And furely it is a point of great liberality to receive a {mall thing thankfully, as to-give and diftribute great and cuftly gifts bountifally :_ for there 1s more {upplyed with courteous anfwers than with rich rewards: The tyrant Dionyfius was not (0 hated for his tyranny jas for his churlith and {trange behaviour. Among the poor Uraelites [acrifices,God was fatistied with the tenth part of az Ephah of flour, fo as it were fine and good. Chrift liked well of the poor widows mite. Lewis of France accepted a Rape-root of clownifh Conan. Cyrus wouch/afed to drink_a cup of cold water ont of the hand of poor Sinates : and {0 it may pleafe you to accept this (imple book at my hands, which I faithfully exhibit unto yon, not knowing your opinions tomect with mine : but knowing your learning and judgment to be able as well to corrett me where J [peak herein unskilfully, as others when they {peck hereof malicionfly. Some be [uch dogs as they will barke at my writings, whether Imaintain or refute this argument : as Diogenes fnarled both at the Rhodians and‘at the Lacédemonians: at the one, becaufe they were braves ‘at the other; becanfe they were not brave. Homer himfelf could not avoid reproachful {peeches. J ams {ure that they which never fludied to learn any good thing, will ftudy to find faults hereat. I for my part fear not thefe wars, nor a!l the adverfaries Z have ; were it not for certain cowards, who (I know) will come behind my back and bite me. . | 4 Na But now tothe matter. My queftion'is not (as many fondly {uppofe ) Whether there be Witches, or nay ? but, Whether they can do fuch miraculous works as are imputed untothem? Good ALaffer Dean, is it poffible for a man to break his faft with yo at Rochefter, and to dine that day at Durham with Adafter Dottor Matthew ; or can your enemy maime yor, when the Ocean Sea is betwixt you ? What real community is betwiet a {pirit and a body ? Aday afpiritual body become temporal at his pleafure ? Or may acarnal body become invilible? Jsit likely that the lives of all Princes, Ma- giltrates, and Subjects, fheuld depend upon the vb) or rather the with of 2 poor mali- ‘ ¢10uS | ee eee ee AeASSnasns gesangosesan:sagsesessnseescsseyegs ‘ he Epiftle Dedicatory. cious doting old foel ; and that power exempted from the wifesthe rich, the learned, the godly? &c. Finally, w it poffible for a man cr woman to do any of thofe miracles expreffed in my book, and {0 conftantly reported by great Clerks 2 If you {- a), No ; then am I [4- tified. If you (ay, that God abfolutely sor by means can aecomplilb all thofe, and many more; Z go with you. But Witches may well {ay they can do thefe things, howbeit they cannot (hew how they dothem.If-1 for my part fhonld (ay I cowld do-thofe things, my very adverfaties world [ay thatI lyed. — _ O Mafter Archdeacon, # it not pitty,that that which ts (aid to be done with the Al~ mighty,power of the moft high God, and: by our Saviour his only Son Fefus Chrift our Lard, fhould be referred to a baggage old Womans nod or wih ? & c. Good Sir, 2 it nok one manifest kind of Idolatry for them that labour and are laden to come unto Witches — to berefrethed? Jf Witches could help whons they are faid to have made fick, I {ee no : reafon,but remedy might as well be required at their hands, as a parte demanded of hing | ae that hath ttolen it, But truly it % manifold Idolatry, to ask that of a creature, which none can give but the Creator. The Papilt hath fome colour of Scripture to maintain hes Idol of Bread ; but no Jefuitical diftinétion can cover the Witchmongers idolatry in this behalf. Alas, I am forry and alhamed to fee how many die, that being [aid tobe be- witched, only feck for Magical cures, whom wholefome diet, znd good medicines would have recovered. I dare affure you both, that there wou'd be none of thefe cofening kind of Witches, did not’ Witchmongers maintain them, follow them, and believe in them and their Oracles ; whereby indeed all good learning and honeit arts, are over- thrown: For .thefe that msoft advance their power, and maintain the skill of thefe Witches, under ftand no part thereof ; and yet being many times wile in oiher matters, are made fools by the mnft foo!s in the world. Lea ; | Me thinks thefe Magical Phylitians deal in the Common-wealth, mach like asa certain kind of Cynical people do in the Church, whofe {evere fayings are accompted a- mong fome {uch Oracles, as may not be doubted of ; who in fread of learning and autho- : rity (which they make contemptible) do feed the people with their own devices and imagi-* nations, which they prefer before all other Divinity : and-labouring to-ere a Church ac- cording to.their own fanfies, wherein «ll order is condemned, and only their Magical words and curious direttions advanced, they wuld uiter ly overthrow the true Church. And even as thefe inchanting Paracellians abufe the peoplesleading thim from the sre or~ der of Phylick to their Charms: fo do thefe other (I [ay. diffvade from hearkning to lear~ ning and obedience,and whifper in mens ears toteach them their Fryer-like traditions. | And of this {c&t the chief author at this time is one Brown, a fugitive, a meet cover for fuch a cup: ashcretofore the Anabaptitts,the Arvians, and the Francifean Fryers. Truly not only nature,being the foundation of all perfeétion ; but.alfoScripture,be- ing the Mittrefs and director thereof,and of all Chrittianity,is beautified with know- ledge and learning: For as nature without difcipline doth naturally incline wntovani- ties, and as it were fuck wp errcx3;(0 doth the word,or rather the letter of the Scripture Rom. 2. 27. without under ftanding,not only make us devonre errors, Lut yieldeth us up todeath and de- |» Cor 366. fruétionsand therefore Paul (aith,he wasnot a Miniter of the letter,but of the {pirit, _ Thashave Ibeenbold to deliver unto the world, and to you, thofe fimple notes,reafons, andarguments, which Ihave devifed or collected one of other Authors ; which I hope foall be hurtful to none,but to my (elf great comfort, if it may pals with good liking and acceptation. If it fall out otherwifé, J (hould think my pains ill imployed. For trulyy in mine Opinion, whefoever fhall perform any thing,or attain to any knowled ge ; or Who- Socver flould travel throughout all the Nations of the world, or (if it were poffible J Should peep into the heavens,the confolacion or admiration thereof were nothing plea- . fant unto him, unle[s he had liberty to impart Ais knowledge to his friends. Whereinybe- canfe L have made {pecial choiee of you, I hope you will read it, or at the leaf lay it up in your Ktudy with your other Books, «mong which there is none dedicated to any with wzore good will. And fo long as you have it, it fhall be unto you (upon adventure of my life) .a certain Amulet, Periapt, Circle, Charm, @c. to defend you from. all Inchant- MENS. Ves s Your loving Friend, > REGINALD Scot.” x et =, SAMARAREABAnERSRoseseE sasesteneaeseeneasens Tothe READERS, . O you that are wife and difcreet, few words may [uffice + for uch 4 one judgeth Ifa. 11. not at the firft fight, nor Reproveth by hearfay 3 but patiently heareth, and Prov. i. ; thereby increa{eth in under /tanding : which patience bringeth fourth excperi- ence whereby true judgement is direfted. I {hall not need therefore, to make any further fuite to you, but that it would pleafe you to read my Book, without the prejudice of time} or former conceit ; and having obtained this at your hands, I fuimit my felf unto your cenfure. But to make afolemn {wit toyou-that are partial Readers, defiring you to fet ' afide partiality, to take in good part my writing, and with indiffvrent eyes to look “pon my Book, were labour loft, and time ill imployed : For I (ould no more prevail herein, then if a hundred years fince I fhould have intreated your predeceffors to believe, thar Robin Good-fellow, that great and ancient Bull-begger, had been bud a cofening Aderchant, and no Devil indeed. . If I fhould goto a Papift, and fay, I pray youbelieve my writings wherein I wilk prove all’ Popifh Charms, Conjurations, Exorcifms, Benediétions and Cur{es, not only to be ridi- clos, and of none effett, but alfoto be impious and contrary to Ged’s Word: I (bold as hardly therein win favour at their hands, as herein obtain credit at yours. Neverthe- des, I doubt not, but to.xfe the matter fo, that as well the Maflemonger for his part, as the Witchmonger for hz, (hall both be albamed of their Profeffions. iene But Robin Good-fellow ceafeth now to be much feared, and Popery is fufficiently difcovered. Neverthele[s, Witches Charms, and Conjurors Cofenages are yet though effe~— éteal. Yea, the Gentiles have e(pyed the fraud of their cofening Oracles, and our cold Prophets and Inchanters make ws fools fPill, to the [Lame of us all, but (pecially of Papifis, who conjure every thing, and thereby bring to pas nothing. They [ay to their Candles, 1 conjure youto endure for ever ; and yet they laff not a Pater Nofter while the longer. They conjure water to be wholefome both for body and foul ; but the body (we fee) 1 never the better for it, nor the fowl any whit reformed by it. And therefore I marvel, that when they fee their own Conjwrations confuted and brought to nought, or at the leaf? void of effect, that they (of all,other) will yet give (uch credit, countenance, and authority to the vain cofenages of Witches and Conjurors + as though their Charms.and Conjurations could produce more apparent, certain, and better effects . then their own. + But my requeft unto ak you that read my Book (hall be no more, bat that it would pleafe you to ccnferr my words with your own fenfe and escpericnce, and alfo with the Ferd of God. If you finde yeur felves refolved, and fatisfied, or rather, reformed’ and qualified in any one point or opinion, that heretofore you held contrary to truth, in a matter hitherto undecided, and never yet looked into ; I pray you take that for advantage : and fufpending your judgement, fray the fentence of condemnation againft me, and con/i- der of the refty at your further leifure. If this may not [uffice for to per(wade you, it cannot prevail to annoy you : and then, that which is written without offeuce, maybe over- palled without any grief. And although mine affertion, be fomewhat differing from the old inveterate opinion, which I confe{s hath many gray hairs, whereby mine adver{aries have gained more an- thority then reafon, towards the meintenance of their pre{umptions, and old wives fables s get [hall it fully agree with God's glory, and with his holy Word. And albeit there be hold taken ly mine Adverfaries, of certain few words or fentences in the Scripture that make a few for them ; yet when the whole cour{e thereof maketh againft thems, and impugneth the fame ; yea, and alfo their own places rightly underftcod, do nothing at all relieve them :. I truft their glorious title and argument of Antiquity, will appear as (Pale and - _ corrapt as the Apothecaries Drugs, or Grocers Spice, which the longer they be preferved, ‘ bo Bee) the er . To the Readers. that Sage, Theflalz, Striges, Lamiz (which words and none other being in ufe do pro- pirly fignifie our Witches ) are not once found written in the old or new TefRament | and that Chrift himfelf, in his Gofpel, never mentioned the name of a Witch. And that a neither he, nor Motes ever {pake any one word of the Witches bargain with the Devil, Bake NG their hagging, their riding in the Air, their transferring of Corn or Grafs from one field to another their hurting of Children or Cattel with words or charms, their bewitching of Butter, Cheefe, Ale, &c. nor yet their tranfubftantiation ; infomuch as the writers Mal. Malef&. Aereupon are not afbamed to (ay, That it is not abfurd to affirm, chat there were no ? part.2.quelt2, Witches in fobs time: The reafon is, that if cherehad been fuch Witches then in ee being, Fob would have faid, he had been bewitched. But indeed men took no heed in a Per g.t. thofe dayes tothis doétrine of Devils ; 0 wit, tothefe fables of Witchcraft, which Peter faith, thall be much regarded and hearkned unto in the latter dayes. Howhbeit, how ancient foever this barbarous conceit of Witches Omnipotency is, Truth muft not be meafured by Time ; for every old Opinion is not found. Vi erity is not im- paired, how long foover it be fuppreffed : but is tv be fearched out in bow dark acorner Soever it lye hidden; for it is not like a cup of Ale that may be broached too rathe. Finally, time bewrayeth old errors, and difcovereth new matters of truth. Danzus himfelf (aith, that this queftion hitherto hath never .been handled; nor’ the Scriptures concerning this matter. have never been expounded. To prove the _ antiquity of the canfe, to confirm the opinion of the ignorant, to infurce mine Adver- [aries Arguments, to aggravate the Punilbasent, and toaccomplifh the Confufion of thefe ola women, is added the vanity and wickedne[s of them which are called Witches + the arrogancy of thofe which take upon them to work Wonders ; the defire that people have to hearken to {uch miraculous matters, unto whom moft commonly an impo ffibility ts more credible than a verity 5 the ignorance of natural caufes ; the ancient and niver [al hate conceived againf? the name of a Witch ; their ill-favoured faces ; their {piteful words ; their carfes and imprecations ; their charmes made inrime, and their be ery 3 the fear of many foolih folk; the epinion of fume thatare wife 3 the want of Robin Good-fellow and the Fairies, which were wont to maintain that, and the commen peoples talk in thes behalf ; the authority of the Inquifitors ; the learning, cunning, con~ Sent, and ¢ftinsation of Writers herein; the falfe tranflations and fond interpretations ufed, {pecially by Papifts, and many other like cau[es. All which toyes take [uch hold “pon mens fancies, as. thereby they are led and enticed away from the confideration of true re~ Spetts, to the condemnation of that which they know not. ) Howbeit, I will (by God's grace) in this my Book, fo apparently decipher and. con~ fate thefe Cavils, and all other their Objettions, as every Witchmonger {hall be abafhed, and all good men thereby fatisfied. In the meantime, I would wilh them to know, that ie Hk if neither the eftimation of Gud’s Omnipotency, nor the tenor of his Word, nor the doubt= ee fulne(s, or rather the impoffibility of the cafe. nur the fmsall proofs brought againft them, nor the rigor executed upon them, nor the pitty that bould beina Chriftian does, Danzus in fuo prologo. they are oppreffed ; yet the confideration of their (ex or kind, ought to move (ome miti= Sation of their puniftment. For if nature (as Pliny reporteth) hath taught a Lyon not ae to deal (0 roughly with a Woman as witha Man, becan(e {he is inbody the meaker veffel, is Lams. 3.e& 4i andin heart more inclined: to pitty ( which Jeremiah in his Lamentations feemeth ~ werf- 40. to. confirm) what fhould a Aan doin this cafe, for whom aWoman was created.as.an ee al * help and comfort unto him? In fo much as even inthe law of Nature, it is a greater Gen. 2.22.18, opence to flay aWoman thana ALan snot becaufethe Atan isnot. the more esccellent crea- Arift. lib. Pro- ture, but becan|? a Woman ts the weaker veffel. And therefore among all mode ft and honefe - -, blem. 2.9. perfons, it ts thought a (hame to offer violence or injury toa Woman; inwhich re[peh Vite. Georg “Virgil (aith : <: ee ; 3 iy, { : Nullum memorabile nomen Foeminea in poena eft. | God that knoweth my heart is witnefs, and you that read my Book, {hall fer, that my __ arifand purpofe in this enterprife tendeth only to the fe vefpetts. Firft, that the glory _ and-power.of God be not (0 abridged and’ abafed, as to be truft into the hand. or lip of a Wee eae Bas s Swe tema +e — te | ete ae PM CS eee eee Coe et FL eee pare ER EP es Pies ieee yee Ate e hee SER Ty y feadanh é ele ee et oe Para a we = ere ko t ; és r us ee alla Hi gM ay : “ { the worfe they are. Andtill jou have perufed my Book, ponder this in your mindy to wit, . s nor yet their fimplicity,impotency,or age may [uffice to [uppre(s the rage or rigor wherewith . To the Readers. | lewd old Wowsan; whereby the workof the Creator (hould be attribmted to the power of a Creature. Secondly, that the Religion of the Gefpel may be {cen, to ftand. without fich peevilh trumpery. Thirdly, that lawful favour and Chriftian compaffion be rather ufed towards thefe poor fouls, than rigor and extremity. Becaufe they which are commonly accufed of Witcheraft,are the leaft fufficient of all other perfons, to Speak for themfelves: as having the moft bafe and fimple education of all others ; the extremity of their age giving them leave to dote,their poverty to leg,their wrongs to chide and threaten( as being - void of any other way of revenge) their humor Melancholi¢al, to be full of imaginations, from whence chiefly proceedeth the vanity of their confeffions ; as that they can transform themfelves and others, into Apes, Owls, Affes, Dogs, Cats, &c. that they can flie in the Air, kill Children with Charms, hinder the coming of Butter, &c. And for {0 much as the Mighty help themfelves together, and the poor Widows cry though it reach to heaven, is [carce heard upon carth ; I thought good ( according to my poor ability) to make interceffion,that {ame part of common rigor,and [ome points of bafey — judgement may be advifed pon. For the world is now at that fPay (as Brentius ina mofk Godly Sermon in thefe words affirmeth) chat even as when the Heathen perfecuted the Chriftians, if any were accufed to believe in Chrift, the common people cry- ed Ad Leonem : So now, if any Woman, be lhe never {0 honeft, be accufed of Witchcraft, they cry Ad Ignem. What difference ts between thera(h dealing of unskilful people, and the grave counfel of more difcreet and learned perfons, way appear ly a tale of Daneus his own telling ; wherein he oppofeth the rafbnefs of afew Townfimen,to the counfel of a whole Senate ; preferring the Folly of the one, before the Wifdons of the other. At Orleance on Loyre (faith he) there was a Man-witch, not only taken and ac- cufed, but alfo convicted and condemned for Witchcraft, who appealed from thence to the high Court of Paris : Which accufation the Senate faw infufficient, _and woéld not allow, but laughed thereat, lightly regardiig it; and in the end fent him home (/aith he) as accufed of a frivolous matter: And yet for all thar, the Magiftrates of Orleance were fo bold with him, as to hang him up within a fhort time after, for the fame or the very like offence. In which example is to be feen the nature, and as it were thedifeafe of this caufe ; wherein (I {4y) the fimpler and undifcrecter fort are alwayes more hafty and furious in judgments, than men of better re= ‘putation and knowledge. NReverthele[s,Eunichius (aith,thac thefe three chings,to wit; what is to be thought of Witches, what their Incantations can do, and whether their punifhment fhould extend to death,are to be well confidered. AndI would ( [aith he ) they were as well known, as they are rafhly believed, both of the learned and unlearned. dnd further he faith, That almott all Divines, Phyficians and Lawyers, who fhould bett know thefe matters, fatisfying themfelves wich old cuftom, have giventoo much credit to thefe fables, and too rath and unjuft fen- tence of death upon Witches. But whena man pondreth ( /zith he ) that in times patt, all that f{warved from the Church of Rome,were judged Hereticks ; it is the defs marvel, though in this matter they be blind andignorant. And furely,if the Scripture had been longer (uppreffed, more abfurd fables would have Sprung up, and been believed. Which credulity though it is to be derided with laughter , yet this their cruelty vs to be lamented with tears: For (God knoweth) many of thefe poor wretches had more need to be releived than chaftifed ; and more meet were a Prea- cher to admonilh them, than a Jaylor to keep them ; and a Phyfician more neceffary to help them, than au E xcecutioner or Tormentor to hang or'burn them, For proof and due tryal hereof, I will requite Danzus ha tale of a Man-witch (45 be termeth him ) with another Witch of the fame fex or gender, , | Cardanus from the mouth of his on Father reporteth, That one Bernard, a poor fervant, being in wit very fimple and rude, but imbhis fervice very neceflary and ' » Ecclif. 35: 15s Lib. 24. cap: 18. de varie< diligent (and in that refpeét dearly beloved of his Mafter) profefling the Arc of tatib, rerum Witchcraft, could in no wife be, diflwaded from that profeffion, perfwading him felf that he knew all things, and could bring any matter to pafs ; becaufe certain Countrey-people reforted to him fot help and counfel, as fuppofing by his own talk, that he could do fomewhat. At length he was condemned to be burned ; which torment he feemed more willing ro fuffer, than to lofe his eftimation in ; ; Se that Pc . } ; i soe Oxy . wd Ph eee |S ee eS SO eS a ae ee ee eee Te Lean Pe enn ne me GR ek Te Le were Tene Se ML mp ne eS oe To'the Readers. Si ee that behalf. But his Mafter having compatlionupon him, and being himfeif in - his Princes favour, perceiving his conceit to._proceed of Melancholy, obtained By _ refpitof execution for twenty dayes, In which time (faith he) his Maiter boun- tifully fed him with good fat meat, and with foureggs at a meal, as alfo with fweet Wine: which diet was beft for fo grofs and weak abody. And being re- covered fo in ftrength, thac the humor was fuppreffed,he was ealily won from his ~ abfurd and dangerous opinions, and from all his fond imaginations: and contef- a ‘ _» fing his error and folly, from the which before no man could remove him by any _ perfwafions, having his pardon, he lived long a good’ member of the Church, whom otherwife the cruelty of judgement fhould have catt away and deftroyed. ~ This hiftory % more credible than Sprengers fables, cr Bodins bables, which reach _ not fo farto the extolling nf Witches Omnipotency, as to the derogiting of God's glory. ” For if it be true, whieh they affirm, chat our lifeand death lyetn in the hand of a : Witch ;. then ws it falfe, that God maketh us to live or die, or that by him we have our being, our terme of time appointed, and otir dayes numbred. But {urely their ‘Charmes can no more reach to the hurting or killing of Aden or Women, that their im=gi- ) AMOS 3. 6 nations can extend tothe fiealing and carrying away of Horfes and Mares. Neither hath og 3: 4 8. God given remedies to fickne[s or griefs,by Words ov Charms, lut by Hearbs and Medi- a. 45. 9. «a Ae cines, which he himfelf hath created upon earth, and given Men knowledge of the {me ; that he might be glorified, for that therewith he doth vouchfufe that the Maladies of Men and Cattel (rould be cured, &c. And if therele no cfflittion nor calamity, but is brought to pafs by him; then let us defie the Devil, rencunce cll his works, and not fo much as once thinkor dream upon thes fupernatural power of Witches, neither let us pro- __ fecute them with {ach defpight, whons our fancy condemneth, and ovr reafon acquitteth : our evidence againft them confifting inimpoffililities, our proofs in unwritten Verities, and onr whole proceedings in doubts and difficulties. | zx Now becaufe I miflike the extream cruelty ufed aginft fome of the(e filly fouls (whom a fimple Advocate having Audience and Juftice, might deliver out of the hands of the Inquifitors themfelves ) it willbe faid, That I deny any punifhment at all to be due to any Witch whatfoever. Nay, becaufe I bewray the folly and imspiety of thems,which attribute unto Witches the power of God: thefe Witchmongers wil report, that I deny there are any Witches at all ; and yet behold ( fay they ) how often is the word ; Witch | mentioned in the Scripture ?. Even as if an Idolater (Lould {2y, in the be- alf of Inhges and Idols,to them which deny their pomer and godhead,andinveigh againft eee the reverence done unto them, How dare you deny the power of Images,’ feeing their names are fo often repeated inthe Scriptures > But iruly I deny not that there are Witches or Images ; bat I deteft the Idolaters opinions con ceived of them i referring 4 that te God's work and ordinance, which they impute to the power and malice of Witches + 7 and attributing that honour to God which they afcrile to tdols. But asfur thofe that in : very deed are'either Wiiches or C onjurors, let them bardly fuffir fuch punilbment asta a ~ \ their fault 2s agreeable, and as by the grave judgement of law is provided. ed / > ee ogoseseasssnessaesesss asesadeeseassssscoggan i A Catologue of Au THO R s ufed in this Book, as Lianus. Aftius. Albertus Crantzius. Albertus Magats. pees ame Alcoranum Francif{cancrum Alexander Trallianus, Agerus, Arsbrofin Hh. Andradias. | Andreas Gartneruss Andreas Maffius. ' Antonius S abelicuss Apollonius Tyanaus. Appiant.. . ‘ Apuleind. Archeleue ‘: Argerius Ferrari Ue Ariffoteles. Arnoldus de Villa nvva. Artemidorus, Athanafiuss | Averriés. Aaguftinus soa Hip: Auguftinus Nips. Avicennas. ‘Aulus Gellius. Barnardinus de baftis. Bartholomaus Anglicus. : Berofas Anianit. . ».Bodinus. “Berdinuss Brentits. Calvinus. Camerarius. Campanus. Cardanns Pater. Cardanus Filius; Carolus Gallus. Caffander. Cato. Chryfcftimus. Cicero. f lemens. : pea Agrippa. a, Cornelius Nepos. Cornelius Tacitus. | Cyrillsss Forain sit Danaus. . Demctriuss otk | Democritus. Didymus. Diodorus Siculas. ‘ Diony/fius Areopagita. . Diafcoridess : | Dinriws. ‘| Dodonans. - Durandu;. Empedoeles. Ephefius. Erafwmus Sarcerius. Erafius. | Eudoxus. Eufebins Caf: arienfi Se Fernelius. = Francifcus Petrarcha. | Fuchf LAS6. Galenus. Evafmus Roterodamus. | Fafa Ai aM a 'Innocentius 3. Pape hi .. a Johannes Anglicus, | Johannes Haphiiia Neapoli- bangs Fubannes Ca ffianus. a Johaunes Montiregrus. bres oe i Johannes Rivius. ue Fofephus ben Gorion. Jofias Rimlerus. Lfdorus. © Lfigonus.. Juba... jalins Maternus. i Fan | Juftinus Mariyre suas ‘ Laétantius. ° Se ehe weal | | Lavaterus. _Latrentins Ananias. : | Laurentius a Vilavicentio, Leorr. Pontifex. geen Lex Salicarum. _Gerrepius. Lex 12.Tabularum, ° Cys tS a Gallafius. : Legenda Aurea. els aa Gemma Phryfius. Legenda longa Colonia, x . Georgians Pittoriuse Leonardus Vairus. de Bese Gofridus. Livins. , } ; ‘see Gofchalcus Boll. LncAnttse. 8 oS hs : sf Gratianus, Lucretius. Mas Gregurins. Ludovicus C colin, : CMU Grillandus. Lutherus, Lee He et Guido Bonatas. © —'| Maacrobins. a ‘Gulielmus de fanito Clodo-| Magna Charta. ue . Mb ge es Mallews Maleficarum. ae Gulielmus Parifenfis. Manlius, ‘ oN ‘| Hemingins. Marbacchius, yee | Heraclides. Marbodeus Gallas. | Hermes Trifmegiftus. Marfilius Ficinus. Hieronymus. Martinus de Arles. Hilarius.' Mattheolus. | Hippocrates; Melantthonus, Homerus. Memphradorus. Horatins. Michael Andreas. Hoftienfis. Maufculus. Hovinas. Nauclerus. | Hypertus. Nicephorus, ‘ ee | Fecobus de Chufa Carthuf-| Nicolaus 5. Papas | Rete anus. ider, Pete Ft Famblichus, Olaus Gothus, : : . | page Origine ee in ee | ee nee pee _ Foraign aad 1 Englifh Authours. Origenes. Ovidins, © 88%: “Panormitanas. ~~ Panlus eAgineta. . Baelas Marfasr, MR iis Perfins. yy ; Petrus-de. Appona- Petras Lombardus. Petrur Martyr. Peucer. Philarchus. Philaftriss Brixienfis. Philodorus, Philo Gudens. Pirkmsairns. Platma. Plato. Plinius. 7 Plotinns. Plutarchus. Polydorus Virgilins: | Pideivibind. Keech | Porphyrins. Prochus. 4 Propertins. Pfehuse — Ptolomeus. Pythagoras. ~~ Quintilianus. Rabbi Abraham. Rabbi Ben Ezra. Rabbi David Kimbhi. Rabbi Fofuah Ben Levi. Rabbi Ifaac Natar. Rabbi Levi. Rabbi Mofes, Rabbi Sedajas Hajas. | Robertus C arvcwllus, : Rupertus. S abinus. Sadoletus. Savanorola. Poumerium fermonum QOua-\ Scotus. dragefimalinm. Pompanatins. . | Pontificale. ‘ Aiaiby ani Beehive of the ebrmad Church. Edward Deering. Geoffrey Chaucer. Giles Alley. Gnimelf Maharba. Henry Hamarde ° ohn Bale. John Fox. Seneca. Septuaginta interpretes. Si i i Englith Authors. | John Malborn. John Record. Primer after York ufe. Richard Gallis. Roger Bacon. Tettament Printed at Rhemes, S ocrates. | Solinus. © ‘ | Speculum exemplars. Strabo. . | Salpitins Severss. | Synefins. T atianus. Tertullianas. Thomas Aquinas. Themiftins. Theodoretus. — Theodorus Bizantius. | Theophrafhuse | Thacydides. | Tibullus. Tremelius. Valerius Maximus. Varro. | Vegetins. Vincentius. Virgillias. Vitellins, Wierus. Xantus Fifwiigraas ‘| Thomas Hills, Thomas Lupton. Thomas Atoore Knight. Thomas Phaer. T. R. anamelefs Authour, 393%. ( William Lambard. | T- £.a namelefs Authour,] 7,7. a namelefs cs wake 543. Fee 1 THE 3 DIS 6 0 -Y¥, BAe oo 3a0 00109 Ueaaa5 ea sauNGaTETGTNUaSUODTGRODGDGaAA, ooogo0uGng Caauga8 THE Witchcratt An impeachment of Witches power in Meteors and, Elementary Bodies rendng to the rebuke of {uch as attributetoo much unto then. ie ass on S§ He Fables of Witchcraft have taken fo fait hold sii vera ‘e root in the heart of man, that few or none can'( tow pA adaies) with patience indure the hand. and correétion of Sl) God. For ifany adverfity, grief, ficknefs, lofs of chil- dren, corn, cattel; or liberty, happenuntothemi;-by and 1. 91.5 by they exclaim upon Wirchés: As though there’ were Jou ge ah is) no God in Ifrael that ordereth. all things according to his will, punifhing both juft and unjuft wich griefs, plagues, and ‘affli€tions.in manner and form ‘ashe shinketh good : bue that certain old women here on earth; called Witches, mu’ needs be Oe. ees contrivers of all mens calamities ; and as though they themfelves were inno- ay ae eents, and had deferved no fuch punifhments. “[nfomuch as they ftick not. tore) tot ride and goto fuch, as either are injurioufly termed Witches, or elfe are wil- *\- ling fo to. beaccounted, feeking at their hands comfort and remedy in time of — their tribulation, concrary co Gods Will and Commandement in that behalf; who Mat, 1 on bidsus refort to him in ail our neceffities, Such faithlefs people (I fay) are alfo perfwaded, that neither hail nor iow thunder nor lightning, rain nor tempeftuous winds, come from the Heavens at the commandement oe God; but are raifed by the cunning and power of Witches and Conjurers ; infomuch as a clapof thunder, ora gale of windisno fooner heard, but either they run to ring bells, or cry outto burn Witches; or elfe burn confecrated things, hoping by the fmoak thereof, to drive the Devil out of the air, as though : {pirits could be fraid away with fuch external coies ; RET og _howbeir, thefe are right inchantments, as Brentins afirmeth, Ia concion®, B But a Re See 4 PRUE. ee OD coe ae ee w Pari 8 aot Wi, ince eee SE ey go S CMR Uae od, WER I Yes we RE ae SCT aoe eee eS 2, eee ee ON. ee q fe ~“Boow.l °. The Difcovery ." Credulitiet: Pfal. 25. But certainly, it is neithera Witch, nor Devil, but a glorious God thac Pfal, 83. maketh the thunder. I have read in the Scriptures,that God maketh the blutter- ow ing tempefts and -whitl-winds: and J find chat”it is the Lord that alcogether uKe oO, etches dealeth with them, and that they blow. according to his will. But det me fee ‘ Mark 4. 41. @ny of themall rebuke and ftill the fea in time of tempeft, as Chrift did ; or raife : ; Luk.8.14. the ftormy wind, as God did wih his word ; and I will believe inthem. Hath 4 Pfal. 107, = any Witch or Conjurer, or any creature entred into thetreafures ofthe frow; = 4 Jo? 38 >» or feenthe fecret places of the hail, which God hath prepared againft theday ee AS ae trouble, battel, and war? I for my part alfo think with Jefus Syrach, chat at a Gods only commandement the fnow falleth; and that the wind bloweth a Levit. 26. 3,4. Cording to his will, who'only makeh all ftorms to ceafe ; and who, (ifwe keep — | | ~ his. ordinances) willfend-ase4in in due feafon,and make the land ob bring forth ; bee inc gyenend ths tees of the field to give their fruic. : Pfal. 78. 23. .gBatt-little think our Witch-mongers, that the Lord .commandeth the clouds ~-above, or openeth the doors of heaven, as David affirmeth ; or that the Lord | Nahum. 1. goeth forth in the tempéfts and ftorms, asthe Prophet Nahum reporteth : but ; . = rather that Witches#ind Conjurers are then about their bufine&. ‘ The MarcionifPficknowledged one God the Author of good things, and ano- | ther the ordainer of evil : but théfe) make*the’ Devil\a whole God, to create : things of nothirigjtoknow mens cogitations, and to do that which God never | did; asco trahfubftantiate men into beafts, @c. Which thing, if Devils could do, yet followeth it not, that Witches have fuch power, But if all che Deyilsin | Hell were dead, and all the Witches in Ezgland were burned or hanged ; I war- rant you we fhould not failto have rain, hail,andtempetts, as now we have : according to the appointment’and will of God, and according to the conftitu- tion ofthe Elements, and the courfe ofthe Planets, wherein God hath fet a per~ ° fectand perpetual ordér, © re rte ® Tam alfo well affured, that if all the old womeninthe world were Witches; and all the Priefts Conjurers; we fhould not havea drop ofrain, nor a blatt of Jeb 26.8 windthe more or the lefsforthem: For the Lord hath bound the waters in the . us {9° 37-. clouds, and harh’fet bounds about the waters, until the day and night come to ae re, *nend: yea, itisGod that raifeth the winds and ftilleth them: and he faith Oe ia ** tothe rain and {now, Be upon the earth, and it falleth. The wind ofthe Lord, . _ cand not the wind of Witches, fhall deftroy the treafures of their pleafant yef- fels, and dry up the fountains; faith Oftas. Let usalfo learn and confefS with Phil. 39. &¢ the Prophet David, that we our. felves are the caufes.of our affliftions; and =, | ' not exclaim upon Witches, when we fhould call upon God for mercy. ioe ta epift. ad The Imperial Jaw (faith Brentiws) condemneth them to death that trouble Jo. Wierum. . -andinfeét the air: but I affirm (faith he) that ic is neither in the power of Se nn ae o ‘Witch nor Devil fo to do, but inGod only... Though (béfides Bodin, and all .-<-the Popith Writers in general) it pleafe Danaus, Hyperivs, Hemingins, Erafiu,&c. : _ to-conclude otherwife. The clouds are called the pillars of Gods tents, Gods ol Exod. 13.. chariots, and his pavillions: And if ic be fo, what Witchor Devil can make Hai. 66. -mafteries thereof? S, Auguftine faith, Non eft putandum iftis tranfgrefforilzs an- Pf. 18.1 4 39" gelis fervire hance rerum vifibilinm materiem, fed foli Deo; We mutt not think that ‘ is. -thefe vifible things ‘are at the commandement of the Angels that fell, but are "Mar, 4.41, Obedientto the only God. : pt Se a ers Finally, If Witches could accomplith thefe things ; what needed it feem fo ftrange to the people, when Chrift by miracle commanded both feas and Panaeve For ‘it is written; Who is this? for both wind and fea obey MM. 9 ~ 7 ; . . CHAP. Credulity. ee Of Warcharafe, ys Chama 3. | Qi imames Ti: se wer eal ~ The inconvenience growing by mens Credulity herein, with a reproof of {ome Church- men, which are inclined to the common conceived optnion of Witches Omnipotencies and familiar example thereof. hed dove te fhe will take upon her to cure the blind: though inthe tenth of S. John’s Go- Joh, to. 335 *Pfal. 72, ¢ . tharitishe which fendeth fuch punifhments tothe wicked ,'and fuch trials to fhe. : the Elect: according tothe faying of the Prophet Haggai, * J fmote. yuu mith * Hag, 2, 28, - fo giveth heed to Inchanters,. harkeneth to a fabulous and. frivilous thingy-Bur I will rehearfe an example, whereof I my felf am not only, Oculatus tefit but . t* Sted ae _ The Difcovery Boox k priviledged, as he little miftrufted that God would vilit his children with fick- _ . nefs) did fo calculate ; as he found, partly through his own judgement,and part- ly )as he himfelf told me) by the relation of other Witches, that his faid fon was | by her bewitched. Yea, he alfo told me, that this his fon (being, asit were, pait all cure) received perfeét health at the hands ofanother Witch. He proceeded yet further againft her, affirming, that alwayes in his Parifh- Church; when he defired to read moft plainly, his voyce fo failed him, as he -could fcant be heard at all; Which he could impute, he faid, to nothing elfe, but to her inchantment. When I advertifed the poor woman hereof, as being defirous to hear what fhe could fay for her felf; fhe told me, that in verygdeed, his voyce did much fail him, {pecially when héftrained himfelf to fpeak lowdett. - Howbeit , the faid thavat all times his voyce was hoarfe and low, which thing I perceived to be true. But Sir; faid fhe, you fhall under{tand, chat this our Vi- car is difeafed with fuch a kind of hoarfenefs, as divers of our neighbours in this Parith not long fince, doubted that he had the French-Pox ; and in that refpeét utterly refufed to communicate with him: until fuch time as (being thereunto injoyned by M.D. Lewen the ordinary) he had brought from London a certificate, under the hands of two Phyfitians, that his hoarfenefs procegded froma difeafe in the lungs. Which certificate he publifhed in the Church, in the prefence of the whole Congregation: and by this means he was cured, or rather excufed of the fhame of his difeafe; And thisI know to-betrue by the relation of di- vers honeft men of that Parifh: And truly,if one ofthe Jury had not been wifer . than the other, the had been condemned thereupon, andupon otheras ridicu~ ~ Jous matters as this. For the name of a Witch is fo odious, and her power {fo feared among the commion people, that if the honefteft body living chance_tobe arraigned thereupon. the fhall hardly efcape condemnation. See Gee Gin aves ERK whe they be that are called Witches , with a manifeft Declaration of the caufe that moveth men fo commonly to think, and Witches themfelves to believe that they can hurt Children, Cattel, &c. with words and imaginations ; and of cofening “Witches. i monly old, lame, blear-eyed, pale, fowl, and full of wrinckles ; poor, fallen, fuperftitious, and Papiits ; or fuch as know no Religion: in whofe droufie minds the Devil hath gotten afine feat; fo as, what mifchief, : QO: fort of fuch as are {aid to be Witches, are women which be com- mifchance, calamity, or flaughter is brought to pafs, they are ealily per- ~ fwaded the fame is done by themfelves; imprinting in their minds an earnett and Cardin de var. conftant imagination thereof. They are lean and deformed, fhewing melan- Tey HHH, ae: ~ choly in their faces,to: the horrour of all that fee them. They are doting, -feolds, mad, devillifh, and not much differing from them that are thought to be poffefled with fpitits, fo firm and {tedfaft in their opinions, as whofoever fhall - only have refpeét to the conftancy of their words uttered , would eafily believe they were true indeed. ek ‘ 7 , ‘ ‘Thefe miferable wretches are fo odious unto all their. neighbours; and fo feared, asfew dare offend them, or deny themany thing they ask: whereby | they take upon chem; yea, and fomerimes think, tharthey can do fuch things as are beyond the ability of humane nature. Thefe go from houfe to houfeé, and froti door to door fora pot full of milk, yeft, drink, portage, or fome fuch re lief ; without the which they could hardly live: neither obtaining for their fer- - vice’and pains, nor yet by their art, nor yet at the Devils hands (with whom they aré faid co make a perfect and vilible bargain) either beauty, money, pro- motion, wealth, worfhip, pleafure, honour, knéwledg, learning; or any other be- . . nefit whatfoever. al See oy It 5 . y SS pases a on “ ” “ eee ere ee eee (eas MLSs E iets fai oe ¢ > ‘ ¥ : Miracles. ee Of Witchcraft. _Cuardly¥. 5 It fallech out many times, that neither their necedlities,nor their expectation is anfwered or ferved , inthofe places where they beg or borrow ; but racher their lewdnefs is by their neighbors reproved.. And further , in tract of time ghe Witch waxeth odious and tedious to her neighbours; and they again are de- _ fpifed and defpited of her :f0 as fometimes fhe curfeth-one, and fometimes ano- ther ;-and that from the Mafter of the houfe, his wife, children, cattel , ec. to the little Pig that lieth in the ftie. Thus in procefs of time they have. all .dif- pleafed her, and fhe hath withed evil luck unto themall; perhaps wich curfes and imprecations made in form. Doubtlefs (at length) fome of her neighbours die,or fall fick ; or fome of their chifdrenare vifited with difeafes that vexthem ftrangely : as Apoplexies , Epilepfie, Convulfions, hot Fevers, Worms, Gc. Which by ignorant Parents are fuppofed to be the vengeance of Witches. : Yea and their opinions and conceits are confirmed and maintained by unskilful Phy- fitians,according to the commonfaying: Infcitie'pallium malleficiam & incantatioy Witchcraft and Inchantment is the cloke of Ignorance: whereas indeed evil humors, and notftrangewords, Witches, or Spirits, are the caufes of {uch dif- eafes: Alfo fome of their Cattel perith, either by difeafe or mifchance : Then they upon whom fuch adverfities. fall, weighing the famethat goeth upon: this woman, her words, difpleafure, and curfes, meeting fo juftly with their misfor- tune, donot only conceive, but alfo are refolved thac all their mifhaps are brought to pafs by her only means. | ; ; The Witch on the other fide expecting her neighbors mifchances, and. feeing things fometimes come to pafs according to her withes, curfes, and incantations, Re (for Bodin himfelf confefleth,that not above two ina hundred of their witchings, 7-Badia.libe 2. or withings take effe@) being called before a Juftice, by due examination of 4 4¢mmmeapbe the circumftancesis driven to fee her imprecations and defires, . and her et aa UN ite fn So bours harms and loffes to concur, and as it were to take effeé&t : andfo confef- % °° feth that fhe (as a goddefs ) hath brought fuch things to pafs. Wherein, not on- ly fhe, but theaccufer and-alfo the Juftice are foully deceived and. abufed ; as being through her confeffion; and other circumftances perfwaded (to the in- alate jury of Gods glory) that fhe hath done, or can dothat which is proper onlyto = God himfelf. e. ; cape | Another fort of Witches there are, which be abfolutely cofeners.Thefe take upon themeither for glory,fame, or gain,to do any thing which God or the De- vilcando: either for fore-telling of things to come, bewraying of fecrets , curing of maladies, or working of miracles. But of thefe I will talk more at large hereafter. : | | Bie Ye ts ee Cuapr. LY. What miraculous ations are imputed to Witches by Witchmongers,Papifts, and Poetss A Lehoughit be quite againft the hair, and contrary to the Devils will, . to the Witches oath, promife,'and homage, and contrary to all reafon, that Witches fhould:help any ‘thing that is bewitched; but rather = t fet forward their Mafters bufinefs: yet we read in Malleo Maleficarum , of Mal. Malef. ~ three forts of Witches ; and the fame is affirmed by all the Writers here- ?4/t-2-quaf. 13 upon, new and old. One fort ( they fay ) can hurt and not help, the fe- °°: cond can help and not hurt, the shird can both help and hurt... And a~ mong the hurtful Witches he faith there is one fort more beeftly than any kind of Beafts, faving Wolves; for chefe ufually devour and eat young Children and Infants of their own kind. Thefe be they ( faith. he ). that raife hail, tempetts, and hurcful weather; as Lightning, Thunder , @c. Thefe be they that procure barrennefs in Man, Woman, and Beatt. Thefe can throw Children into waters, as they walk with their Mothers, and not be feen, Thefe can make Horfes kick, till they caft their Riders... . B3 pat Thefe Oo hen hee a Claas athe aA RAIN, (oh 0 Se me aS Se Ca I) GHC ae De RA icc SL a A ae aa ee CC A - Boe ee Ta ola Ate v7) : * oF nf E Sail SLD ea ha 3 ch cate les Lo “aie RET, ee Bp Mabey Te eT ” Us fees ait Gates et PN eer we a ; y ; : ; i ‘ ; be 0 a soy Su eae The: Difcovery Miracles. a Thefe can pafs from place to placein the air invifible. Thefecan fo alter'the mind of Judges, they can have no power to hurtthem. Thefe can proctre to, themfelves and to others, taciturnity and infenfibility in their torments. thete €an bring trembling to the hands, and ftrike terror into the minds of themthat apprehend them. Thefe can manifeéft unto others, things hidden and Joft, and y forefhew things to come, and fee them as thongh they were prefent. Thefe can Ovid. fib. me. alter mens minds to inordinate love or hate. Thefe can kill whom they lift with tamorph. 7. lightning and thunder. Thefe can take mans courage, and the power of gene- Danaus in ration. Thefe can make a woman mifcarry in child-birth, and deftroy the child dialog. in the Mothers womb, without any fenfible means either inwardly or outwardly hs a8 4 all applyed. Thefe can with their looks kill eicher man or beaft. bt 4 Vie. wD ee All thefe things aré avowed by Fames Sprenger and Henry Inftitor, In Aalleo Horat. epod. 5. Aaleficarum, to betrue and confirmed by Nider , and the inquifitor Cumanus ; Tibul. de fafci- and alfo by Danawa, Hyperins, Hemingius, and multiplyed by Bodin,and Frier Bar- natlib.s.cles.2. tholomaus Spinews. Butbecaufe I will in no wife abridge the authority of their A epaegetes power, you fhall have alfo the teftimonies 6f many other grave Authors in this Mal. Malef, behalf ; as followeth. : Hay Hee BeBe Tucan de belo © -And firft Ovid affirmeth,that they can raife and fupprefs Lightning and Thun- civili. ib. 6. der, Rain and Hail, Clouds and Winds, Tempetts and Earthquakes. Others do Mas ee Se _ write, that they can pull down the Moon and Stars. Some write, that with with- iio. a eee ing tlrey canfend Needles into the Livers of their Enemies. Some that they can Hyperius, transfer Corn in the blade from one place to another. Some, that they can cure Eraflus. _ Difeafes fupernaturally, flie in the Air, and. dance with Devils. Some wriré,thac Rich.Gal.in they can play the pare of Succubus, and contra& themfelves to Incubus ; and fo one young Prophets are upon them begotten, cc. Some fay, they can tranfubftanti- Hemingi is ate themfelves and others, and take the forms and fhapes of Affes, Wolves, Fer- Bryan Davey Yet, Cows, Apes, Horfes, Dogs, @c. Some fay they can keep’ Devils and Spi- Confeffio Winde- ritsin the likenefs of Todes and Cats. Ges) 7: AE They can raife fpirits (as others affirm) dry up Springs, turn the courfe of i he Sieg running waters, inhibit the Sun, and ftay both day and night, changing the one + aftrol, fib. x, 2nto the other. They can go in and out at awger-holes, and fail inan Egge-fhel, “Male Malef. 4 Cockle or Mufcel-thel, through and under the tempeftuous Seas. They can | part.r. que go invilible, and deprive men of their Privities,and otherwife of the a& and ufe 5. Cap. 14. of Venery. They can bring fouls out of graves. T hey can tear Snakes in pieces / with words, and with looks kill Lambs. But in this cafe a man may fay, that AZi- randa canunt, fed non credenda Poete. They canalfo bring to pafs , that Chern as long as you lift, your Butter will not come ; efpecially if either the Maids have ~ eatenup the Cream ; or the good-wife have fold the Butter before inthe mark- et. Whereof Ihave had fome trial , although there may be true and natural " canfes to hinder the common courfe thereof: as for example ; Puta little Sope or Sugar into your Chern of Cream, and there will never come any Butter, chern as long as you lift. But M. A@a/. faith that there is not fo little a Vil- lage, where many women are not that bewitch, infect, and kill kine, and dry up the Mik: alledging for the ftrengthening of that affertion, the faying of the y€or.9.9. Apoltle, Nunquid Deo cara eff de Bobs ? doth God take any care of Oxen?) ~) WAG, ONS es aN t A Confutation of the common conceined Opinion of Witches and Witcher aft, and how de-~ seftable a fin it is to repair to them for counfel, or other help, in time of afflittion. Ut whatfoever is reported or conceived of fuch manner of Witchcrafts, I dare avow to be falfe and fabulous (cofenage; dotage, and poyfoning ex- " cepted : ) neither is there any mention made of thefe kind of Witchesin the Bible. If Chrift had known them,he would not have pretermitted to inveigh againtt their prefumption, in taking upon them his Office : as, to heal - vada , : ifeafes ; . Se" s ‘ ‘ J 4 ¥ f 5 PETIOLES TNS. We LOE i SORES © x Ft AR ener ter ae : wie. . 3 + aah rons O a ME) TR OR ee ee, TART A EERE Ra tale Pe EE eR Te Ry ee ' Credulity. P< o | of Witchcraft. : himfelf was {pecially knowh, bélieved and publifhed to be God; his aétions and cures confifting (in order and effeet) according to the power by our Witchmon- gers imputed to Witches. -Howbeit, if there be any in thefe dayes afflicted ia fuch ftrange fort; as Chrifts cures'and patients are defcribed inthe New Tefta- Goes - difeafes ; and cowork fuch miraculous and fupernacural things, as whereby he oe ment to have been: we fly from trufting in God to crufting in Witches, who atl div y do not only in their cofening art take on them the office of Chrift inthis behalf; °°": but nfe his very phrafe of {peech to fuch Idolaters, as come to feek divineaf- fiftance at their hands, faying ; Go thy wayes, thy fon or thy daughter, @¢. thal well, and be whole. Chaaé doneonh - Ic will not fuffice to diffwade a Witchmonger from his credulity,that he feeth the fequel and event to fall out many times contrary to their aflertion; but.in fuch cafe (to his greater condemnation) he feeketh further ro Witches of greater fame. If all fail, he will rather think he came in an hour-too Jate, than chat he Edo John. g.. | Mark 5.340) went a mile too far. Truly I for my part cannot perceivé what it is to goe a To go to Wir= whoring after ftrange gods, if this be not. He ‘that looketh upon his neighbours. ches,&c, is Ido wife, and Infteth after her, hath committed adultery. Andtruly,hethatinheare #"Y: and by argument maintained the facrifice of the. Mafs to be propitiatory for the quick and the dead, ‘is an Idolater ; asalfohe that alloweth.and commendeth creeping to the crofs, and fuch like Idolatrous aétions, although he bend not his corporall knees. } ; n] - In like manner I fay, he that attributeth to a witch, fuch divine power, as duly: dnd only appertaineth unto GOD (which all Witchmongers do ) is in heart a blafphemer, an Idolater, and full of grofs impiety, although he neither go. nor : fend to her for affittance, Cuap. VI. A further confutation of Witches miraculoves and omnipotent power, by invincible red=) . fons and authorities, with diffwafions from {uch fond credulity. - f@ imputed to chem,they might do them again and again,at any time or place,or at any mans defire : for the devil is as {trong at one time as at another,as bufie by day as by night, and ready enough to do all mifchief, and careth not whom he abufeth: And infomuch asit is confeffed, by the moft part of Witchmon-= ers themfelves, that he knoweth nor the cogitation of mans heart, he fhould me thinks ) fometimes appear, unto honeft and credible perfons, in fuch grofs. and corporal form, as it is faid he doth unto Witches : which you fhall never hear to be juftified by one fufficient witnefs, For the devil indeed entreth into she mind, and that way feeketh mans confulion. een , & The art alwayes prefuppofeth the power ; fo as, if they fay they can dothis or I Witches could do any fuch miraculous things, as thefe and other which are | that,they muft fhew,how and by what means.they, do it; as neither the Witches | nor the Witchmongers are able to do: For, to every ation is required the faculty and ability of the agent or doer ; the.aptnefs of the patient or fubjects anda convenient and poffible application.. Now the Witches are mortal, and their power dependeth upon the analogy and confonancy of their minds and © bodies ; but with their minds they can but will and underftand ; and with their — bodies they can do no more, but as the bounds and ends of terrene fenfe will fuffer:: and therefore their power extended not to do fuch miracles, as fur- mounteth their own fenfe, and the underftanding of others which are wifer than, they ; foas here wanteth the vertue and power of the efficient. And in reafon, there can be no more vertue inthe thing caufed, than in the caufe, or that which proceedeth of or from the benefit of the caufe, And we fee, that ignorant Arif de and impotent women, or Witches, are the caufes of incantations and charms ; ‘ima ib, 3; whereinwe fhall perceive there is none effect, if we will credit our own expe- Ags 8, Re ea fas fe es « 8 Boor J. . The Difeouy rience and fenfe unabufed, the rules of Philofo yhy, or the Word of God. For) alas ! What an unapt inftrument is.a toothlefs, old, impotent, and unwieldy wo- man to flie in the airs ‘Truely, the Devil little needs fuch inftrumentsto bring Credulity. his purpofes to pals. Why fhould ~ Je is ftrange, that we thould fuppofe, that fach perfons ah work fuch feats: Hot the devil be ang ‘it‘is more f{trange, that we will imagine that to be poffible to be done bya. as read ee «cata 3: ak : : a cae really? witch; which to nature and fenfe is impoflible ; {pecially when our neighbours as awitch 2. _ life’dependeth npon onr credulity therein; and when we may fee the defect of PEN L. mulium.”°' ability, which, alwayes is an impediment both‘to: the aé, and alfo ro the pre- i ‘altetty {umption thereof. And becaufe there is nothing poffible inlaw, that in nature : is impofhble’; therefore the judge dorh‘not atrendor regard what the accufed man faith; or yet would do: but what is proved to have been committed, and naturally falléth in mans power and will todo. For the Jaw faith, that to will a thing impoflible, isa fign of a mad-man, or of a fool, upon whom no fen- eae 62 tence’ or judgement taketh hold. Furthermore, what Jury will condemn, or -- ‘Miracles are cee ‘what Judge will give fentence or judgement againft one for killing a manat Ber- wick, when they themfelves, and many other faw that man at London, that very day, wherein the murther was committed ; yea though the party confefs himfelf guilty therein, and twenty witneffes depofe the fame: But in this cafe alfo I. fay the Judge is not to weigh their-teftimony, which is weakened by Law ; and the Judges authority is to fupply the imperfeétion of the cafe, and to maintain the right and equity of the fame... Ki : z : : _- Seeing’ therefore that fome other things might naturally be the occafion and caufe of fuch calamities as witches are fuppofed to bring ; let’not us that profefs __,._, the Gofpel and knowledge of Chrift, be bewitched to believe that they do fuck: oe ai things, as are in nature impoffible, and in fenfe and reafon incredible ; If they | “ fay it is done through the Devils help, who can work miracles ; why doe not theeves bring their bufinefs to pafS miraculoufly, with whom the Devil is as converfant as with the other : Such mifchiefs as are imputed to witches, happen where no witches are,’ yea and continue when witches are hanged and burnt: _ why then fhould we attribute fuch effect to that caufe, which being taken away, happeneth neverthelefs ? | —_ UCN Be Ve: By what means the name of Witches becometh fo famous, and how diverfly people be spinioned concerning thems and their détions. | | Urely the natural power of manor woman cannot be fo inlarged, as to do. GS thing beyond the power and vertue given and ingraffed by God. Bur J it isthe will and mind of man,which is vitiated and depraved by the devil neither doth God permit any more, than that which the natural order appoin- ted by him doth require. Which natural order is nothing elfe, but the ordinary: — ceafed. power of God, powred into every creature, according to his {tate and condition. But hereof more fhall’be faid in the title of witches confeffions. Howbeit'you* 3 rc fhall underftand, that few or none are throughly perfwaded, refolved, or fatif- yng Witchcraft fied, that witches can indeed accomplifh all thefe impoffibilities : but fome one are diverfe and is bewitched in one point, and‘fome are cofened in another, untill in fine, all inconftant. — thefe impoffibilities,and many more, are by feveral perfons affirmed to be true. : And this I have alfo noted, that when any one is'cofened with a cofening toye ~ of witch-craft, and maketh report thereof accordingly, verifying a matter moft impoffible and falfe as it were upon his own knowledge, as being overtaken with fome kind of illufion or other (which illufions are right inchanrments) even the ,felf-fame man will deride the like proceeding out of another mans mouth, as a fabulous matter unworthy of credit. It is alfo to be wondered, how men(that haye feen fome part of witches cofenages detected, and fee alfo therein the. eoEOy , _ impof- * Setting Of Witcher. Cae NL, 9 impoflibility of their own prefumptions, and the folly and. falfhood of the witches confeffions ) will not fofpe&, but remain unfatisfied, or rather obiti- nately defend the refidue of witches fupernatural aétions : like as when a jugler . hath difcovered the flighe and illufion of his. principal feats, one would fondly continue to think, that his other petty juggling knacks of legierdemain are done by the help of a familiar : and accordiffg to the folly of fome Papifts, who feeing and confeffing the Popes abfurd Religion, in the ere€tion and mainte- nance of Idolatry and Superttition, {pecially in Images, Pardons, and Reliques of Saints, will yet perfevere to think, that the reft of his dogtrine and trum- pery is holy and good. Finally, many maintain and cry out for the execution — of witches, that particularly believe never a whit. of that which is impured unto - them ; if they be therein privately dealt withall, and fubftantially oppofedand tryed in argument. Com aceei I DI. Canfes that move as well Witches themfelves as others to think thar thy can. work, _. impoffibilities, with anfwers to certain objections : where alfo their punifl-ment by Law és touched. bc ee eae } _ points ; to wit, inthe imagination of the melancholick, inthe conttancy rerum lib. 14; of them that are corrupt therewith, and inthe deceit: of the Judges ; ‘4. > who being inquilitors themfelves againft hereticks and witches, did bow accufe and ‘condemn them, having for their labour the fpoil of their goods: | $o as thefe inquifitors added many fables hereunto, lIeit they fhould feem.to have done injury to the ‘poor wretches, in condemning and executing them for none offence. Bur fithence (faith he) the fpringing up of Luchers fect, thefe Priefts have tended more diligently upon the execution of them ; becaufe more wealth is to be caught fromthem: infomuch as now they deal fo loofly with witches (through diitruft of gains) that all is een to be malice, folly or avarice that hath been practifed asainft chem: And whofoever fhall fearch into this caufe,or read the chief writers hereupon, fhall find his words true. ees It will be objected, that we here in Enghend are not now directed by the Popes An Objeétion Laws; and fo by confequence our witches not troubled or convented by. the aafwered, ‘Inquilitors Heretica pravitatis. I anfwer, that in times palt here in England, ds in other nations, this order of difcipline hath been in force and ufe ;-al- though now fome part of the old rigour be qualified by two feveral Scatures ~ made inthe firit of Elizabeth,and 33 of Henry the eight. Neverthelefs the efti- mation of the omnipotency of their words or charmes feemeth in thofe ftatutes to _ be fomewhat maintained, as a matter hithertogenerally received ; aud not yee fo looked into, as that it is refuted and decided. But how wifely foever the Parliament-houfe hath dealt therein, or how mercifully foever the Prince be-: holdeth the caufe : ifa poor old woman, fuppofed to be a Witch, be by the Ci- vil or Canon Law convented ; I doubt, {ome Canon will be found in force, not only to give {cope to thetormentor, but alfoto the hangman, to exercife their Officesupon her. And moft certain it is, chat in what point foever any of thefe extremities, which I fhall rehearfe unto you, be mitigated, it is through the goodnefs of the Queens Majetty, and her excellent Magiftrates placed amongft us: For as touching the opinion of our Writers thereinin our age; yea in our Countrey, you fhall fee it doth not only agree with foreign cruelty, but fur- mounteth itfar. If you read a foolifh Pamphlet dedicated tothe Lord Darcy by yw w tis Book - WW. 1582, you fhall fee chat he affirmeth,that all thofe tortures are far too light, printed in Aaad . and their rigour too mild ; and that in that refpect he impudently exclameth Dom, 1482. againtt our Magiftrates, who fuffer them to be but hanged, when murtherers,and fuch malefaétors be fo ufed, which deferve not the hundreth part of their ~punifh~ Cre ows! that the caufe of fuch credulity .confifteth in three cay. de vai. Oren Boox I. The Difcovery Credality. punifhments. But if you will fee more folly and lewdnefs comprifed in one lewd book, I commend you to Ri. Ga. ‘a Windfor-man; who being a mad-man, hath written according to his frantick humor, the reading whereof may fatisfie a wife man, how mad all thefe Witch-mongers dealings be in this behalf. - Cwia p, 1X. | ‘A conclufion of the firf? Book, wherein is fore-hewed the tyrannical cruelty of Witch- mongers and Ingnifitors ; with a requeft to the reader to perufe the [ame. A Nd becaufe it may appear unto the world what treacherous and faith- lefs dealing, what extreme and intolerable tyranny, what grofs and fond abfurdities, what unnatural and uncivil difcourtefie, what can- _ker’d and fpiteful malice, what outragious and barbarous cruelty,what lewd and falfe packing, what cunning and crafty intercepting, what bald and peevith in- terpretations, what abominable and devilifh inventions ; and what flat and plain _knavery is praCtifed againft thefe old women; I will fet down the whole order of the inquifition, to the everlafting, inexcufable, and apparent fhame of all Wirch-mongers. Neither will I infert any private or doubtful’ dealings. of theirs; or fuch as they can either deny to be ufual,or juftly cavilat ; but fuchas are publifhed and renewed in all ages, fince the commencement of Popery, efta- blifhed by Laws,praétifed by Inquifitors,priviledged by Princes, commended by ‘Doétors, confirmed by Popes, Councels, Decrees, and Canons’: and finally- be lefe of all Witch-mongers; to wit,’ by fuch as do attribute ro old women, and fuch like creatures, the power of the Creator. ‘ I pray youtherefore, though it be tedious and intolerable (as you would be heard in your miferable calamities) fo hear with compaffion their accufations, examinations, matters given in evi- dence, confeffions, prefumptions,interrogatories, conjurations, cautions, crimes, tortures, and condemnations, devifed and practifed ufually againit chem. - + Dae ee es Teftimonies.Examinations. of Witchcraft. + sessssetsnoesnosssesssensgssesssssnsssacay SeveesueseTUeeToNeeTHeerNeerNNNETINCCOTTyE | BOO Koehdivn si ~ rrrey ty Bie = sci ie a What teftimonies and witneffes are allowed to give evidence againft repured Witchesy by the report and allowance of the Inquifitors themfelves, and [uch as aré [pecial wri= ters herein. Xcommunicate perfons, partakers of the fault, infants, wicked fervants; and run-awaies ate to be admitted to bear witnefs sey againit their damesin this matter of Witch-craft,*becaufe (faith Bodinthe champion of Witch-mongers): none that be honeft are able to dere them. Heréticks alfo and Witches fhall be ‘re Ws ESQ 3 teftimony of all infamous perfons in this cafe is good: and'allowed. Yea, one Jewd perfon (faith Bodin) may-be received to accufe and condemn a thoufand. fufpeéted Witches. And although by law, a capital enemy may be® chal- lenged ; yet Famses Sprenger, and Heary Inftitor, (from whom’ Bodin, and'all the writersthat ever Thaveread, do receive their light, authorities and arguments) fay (upon this point of Law) thatthe poor friendlefs old woman muft prove, that her capital enemy would have kifled her, and that he hath both affaulred and wounded her; otherwife the pleadeth allin vain. - Ifthe judge ask her, whet ther fhe have any capital enemies’; and fhe rehearfe other, and forget hér‘ac- cufer : or elfe anfwer, tliat he was her capital enemy, but now fhe hopeth he ‘is not fo ; fuch a one is neverthele(s admitted for a witnefs. And though by law, {ingle witneffes are not admittable ; yet if one depofe fhe hath bewitched: her Cow ; another, her Sow ; andthe third, her Butter: thefe -(faich M. Maly and Bodin ) are not lingle witneffes pbecaufe they asreé that fhe isa Witch. ~*~ ey eee —- CH A Be. Ne The order of examination of Witches by the Inguifitors. “Omen fufpe&ed to be Witches, after their apprehenfion may ‘not f\ ‘be fuffered to go home, orto other places, to feek fureties: for \ \ then (faith Bodin) the people wotld be worfe willing to accufe them ; for fear left at their return home,they work revenge upon them: In which refpeét Bodin commendeth muachthe Scottifh cuftome and order in this behalf: where (he faith) a hollow piece of wood or a ‘chelt is placedin the Churelt, into the which any body may freely caft a little fcroll of paper,wherein may bé con- tained the name of the Witch, the time, place,and faét, cc. And the fame chelt being locked with three feveral locks, are opened every fifteenth day by three CHarokll | ceived to accufe; but not to excufe a Witch. And finally; the / Mal. Matef. quell. 5. p. 3. - J. Bod. lib. 4. | Cap.2.de de- moit. Arch. ia C. al~ le, accufatus. - in Sel. fupers verbs 1, Bod. lib. 4. Mm 0 ite Mal. Malef, quat. 56. pa 3. & gba §> part. 3. Ibidem. — Ved elidd i Sis) Rae bed Se | The Scorrifly’ cuftome of ace . Inquilitors or ofhcers appointed for that purpofe : which keep three feveral - keys. And thus the accufer need not be known, nor thamed with the reproach of flander or malicé to his poor neighbour. ee ST iyabe Jtem, There mutt be great perfwafions ufed to al! men, women, and children, to accufe old women of witch-craft. eG eiog 0} 4rs8 Ag tem, There may alwaies be promifed impunity and favour’ to iliac ta he 7 contefs cap.t.deda- — a ee 12 1. Bod. lib. de demon.4. cap.4. _ L. parentes de ceftibses, Boox. I L ‘ ‘ The Difcovery : ‘ Examinations, confefs and deteét others ; and on the contrary, there may be threatnings and. violence practifed and ufed.. ..-. «+. Stem, The little children of Witches,which will not confefs,muft be attached, _ >» dtem,A Witch may not be put in prifon alone, left the Devil diffwade her from confeffion, through promifes of her indemnity. For ({aith Bodin) fome that have been in the goal have proved to fly away, as they were wont to do when they met with Diang and Adinerva, &c. and fo brake their own necks againit the one-walls. . if Item, If any deny her own confeffion made without torture, fhe is neyerthe- » lefsby that confeffion to be condemned, asin any other crime. . dtem, The Judges muft feem to be in a pitiful countenance, and to bemoan ~~ them ; faying, that, Ir was not they, but che Devil chat committed the murther, _ ~ and tliat he compelled them to do it; and muft maké them believe that they _. think them to. be innocents. /. 4, dtem, If they will confefs nothing but upon the rack or torture ; their apparel K. Childeberts cruel devile. muft be changed; and every hair in their body muft be fhaven off with a {harp . razor. ) Item, If they have charms for taciturnity, fo as they feel not the commontor- tures, and therefore confefs nothing : then fome.fharp inftrument muft be chruft betwixt every nail of their fingers and toes; which (as Bodin faith) was King - ifieans of that extreme pain, they will (faich he) confefs any thing. P. Grillanduse Afabieand - devillith de=, wifey, hs 9) Item, Paulus Grilandus, being an old doer in thefe matters: wifheth that when Witches fleep,and feel no pain upon the torture, Dimine labia mea aperies fhould be faid ; and fo (faith he) both the torments will be felt, and the truth will be uttered’: Et fic arsdeluditur arte. Hea 3 ; ) 4temy Bodin faith, chat at the time of examination, there fhould be a femblance of great ado, tothe terrifying ofthe Witch ; and chat a‘number of*initruments, -ginns, manacles, ropes, halters, fetters, &c.. be prepared, brought forth, and daid before the examinate : .and alfo that fome be procured tomakea moft horri- blend Jamentable cry, inthe place of torture, as though he or fhe were upon _ therack, or in the tormentors.hands: foas the examinace may hear it whiles fhe _is examined, before fhe her felf be brought into the prifon ; and perhaps (faith . she), fhe will by this means confefs the matter.. ..dtem, There muft be fubborned fome crafty {py, that may feemto bea prifo- “ner with her inthe like cafe ; who perhaps may.in conference undermine her, and, fo bewray and difcover.her, wee ke A Item, If the will not yet confefs, fhe muft be told that the is detected, and ac- _eufed by other of her companions ; and although in truth there be no fuch mat- ‘ter: and fo perhaps fhe will confefs, the rather to be revenged upon her adver- -faries and accuferss ‘ Pie. | Re : Cuap. _ Childeberts devife, and isto this day of all others the moft effetual : “For by | ORT ae DRT MAT NTL Aa TN ee te Py AREER S Te Es See ee ke a To eR ie koe re re R Rect ; Evidence. of Witcheraft. a eG CEL) ge e € x ecieah ees ‘ Eta Ne A es J Matters of Evidence againft Witches, F an old woman threaten or touch one being in health, who diet ney after; or elfé is infected with the Leprofie, Apoplexie,or any other ftran¢e ees difeafe : it is (faith Bodin) a permanent fatt, and fuch anevidence , as con-. : demnation, or death muft infue, without further proof: ifany body have mif- trufted her, or faid before that fhe wasa Witch. © °) © Y oes ' dtem, Ifany come in, or depart out of the chamber or honfe;the doors being fhut ; it is an apparent and fufficient evidence to a witches condemnation, with-. out further tryal : whichthing Bodin never faw: If he'can thew me that fear; I will fubfcribe tohis folly. For Chrift after his refurreétion ufed the fame : nor’ as a ridiculous toy, that every Witch might accomplifh; butas a fpecial mird- cle, to ftrengthen the faith of the Elea. “5440 ie. ae | _| |. Item, Ifa woman bewitch any bodies eyes, fhe is to beéxecuted without fur- © j therproof. | ania Ie ou gk Mid Jeers, If any inchant or bewitch mens Beafts, or Corn, or, flie inthe air, or make a Dog fpeak, or cut off any mans members, and unite them again to. men gt childrens bodies ; itis fufficient proofto condemnation. | tem, Prefumptions and conjectures are fufficient proofs. againft Witches. pues tem, If three witnefles do but fay,Such a woman is a Witch ; then itisa clear Bar. Spizeus cafe that the is to be executed with death. Which matter Bodinfaith is not only 1. Bod. de de- certain by the Canon and Civil Laws, but by the opinion of Pope Zanicent, the "lb 2capz. ; : A Ye _ Wifelt Pope (as he faith) that ever was. . 3 paige 0 4ttm, The complaint of any one man of ereditis fufficient to bring a poor wo+ go teflibus, man to the rack or pully. | ‘ : F. Bod. de dé- Ttem, A condemned or infamous perfons teftimony is good and allowable in mov.libz.cap.% matters of Witch-craft. | : ere gles 2 dtm, A Witch is not to bedelivered, though fhe endure all che tortures, and pen confefs nothing ; as all other are in any criminal cafes: Item, Though in other cafes the depolitions of many woitien at one inftant are difabled, as fufficient in law ; becaufe of the imbeeility and frailty of their! Ha ) .. ° Gare or fex, yet in th’s matter one woman, tl.ough fhe be aparty, either-accufer } or accufed, and be alfo infamous and impudeue (for fuch are Bodins words): yea ye.’ and already condemned ; fhe may neverthelefs ferve to aceufe and condemna Witch. id geet j Tet Item, A witnefs uncited, and offering himfelf inthis cafe is to be- heard; andin none other. : 3 hor ipb ede .. Item,A captial Enemy(if the enmity be pretended to grow by means of Witch- — Craft) may object againit a Witch ; and none exception is to be had. or made againithim, ) Leg : a abe Item, Although the proof of perjury may put back awitnefsinall other caufess Paria. L pog yet inthis a perjured perfon isa.good and lawful witnefs, leapt 9, busy Item, The Proctorsand Advoeates in this cafe are compelled to be witneffes 42s quibjs wt again{t their Clients, & in none other cafe they are to be conftrained thereunto. 74 | oo ; i : 3 , : egesaiaige Alex. cap,72s _ Item, None can give evidence againft Witches, touching their affemblies, but 7. 2. Ors | Witches only: (as Bodin faith) none other can do its, Howbeit,Ri. Gas writeth. tp his soolith that he came to the God-{peed,and with his {word and Buckler killed the Devil ; Pamphlet of | or atthe laft he wounded him fo fore, that he made him ftink of Brimftone,, the execusion Item, Bodin{aith that becanfe this is an extaraordinary matter ; there mutt fe gh » herein be extraordinary dealing: and all manner of wayes are to be ufed, direc F Badd 46:3; andindireét. . yet S10 97 we Aas ; & Hayling ts 2 Cn aerRe i og | 4 ©Booxwll : The Difcovery _ Confe ions. Prefupiptions; ; RT cag a 4 C HAP, I V. } * Confeffions of Witches, whereby they aré condensed. . . | eo | ee any Ome Witches confefs (faith Bodin) that are defirous to dye ; not for glory, probabilicy but for defpair : becaufethey are tormented intheir lifetime: But thefe “ghar Such may uot be {pared (faith he) alchough the law doth excufe them. wouldcontinue The beft and fureft confeffion is at ftrife, to her ghoftly father. | Witches 2 Item, lf fhe confefs many things that are falfe,and one thing that may be true; Pasion "id the is.to be taken and executed upon that confeffion. . ea tit, de Item, She isnovfo guilty that confeffech a falthood or a lye , and denyeth a itis conteft. - truth 5 as fhe that anfwereth by circnmiftance. _ Plans. eee part.2.aon ale? — Ttemg, An equivocal or doubrfal anfwer is taken for a confeffion againtt a nem codem. Witch. | Lde tat. 5. Jtem, Bodin reporteth,: that one confeffed that hewent out, orrather up in on eodéms the air, and was tranfported many milesto the Fairies dance , only becaufe he ¢.Bod.dede- would {py unto what place his wife went to hagging, and how fhe behaved her mon: lib.4. € 3+ felf: Whereupon was muchado among the Inquifitors and Lawyers, to difcufs _ whether he fhould be executed with his wife orno: But it was concluded that he mutt die,becaufe he bewrayed not his wife : the which he forbare to do, Prop- _ ter reverentiam honoris & familia. Jiem, Ifa woman confefs freely herein, before queftion be made ; and yet af- terward deny it: fhe is neverthelefs to be burned. Item, They affirm that this extremity is herein ufed,becanfe not one among a _ thonfand Witches is deteéted. And yet it is affirmed by Sprenger in 14. Mal. that there is not fo littlea Parifh,but there are many Witches known to be there. : - PCH AD. Ves Prefumptions, whereby Witches are condemned. ° F. Bod. deda- “WF any womans Child chance to dye at her hand,fo as no body knoweth bow : | 80%, lib, 4. C49 | itmay not be thought or prefumed that the Mother killed it, except fhe be fuppofed a Witch, and in chat cafe itis otherwife; for fhe mutt upon that prefumption be executed ; excepr fhe can prove the negative or contrary. Item, If the child of a woman that is fufpected to be a Witch , be lacki ng or gone from her ; it is tobe prefumed, that fhe hath facrificed itro the Devil: except fhe can prove the negative or contrary. “ Ztem, Though in other perfons, certain points of their Confeffions may be thought erroneous, and imputed toerror,: yet in Witches canfes ) all over- ; fights, imperfections, and efcapes muft be adjudged impious and malicious ; and ~ tend to her confufion and condemnation. | i de des. 7m, Though a Theif be not faid in law to be infamous in any other matter mon lib.4-c. 4, ‘hanin theft ; yet a Witch defamed of witchcraft is faidto be defiled’ with all L. decuriasem manner of faults and infamies univerfally though the were not condemned ; but depans.._. . (as I faid) defamed with the name of Witch : For rumors and reports are fuf- s i li ficient (faith Bodin) to condemn a Witch. aise sects a, tem, If any man, woman, or child do fay, that fucha one isa Witch; it is a . piles p aifi-cau- Molt vehement fufpicion (faith Bodin and fufficient to bring her to rack ; though ~ fars.4. Lib,4, imall other cafes itbe direétly againftlaw. anmero 32.u[9, - Item, In prefumptions and fufpicions againft a Witch, the common brute or 18s yoyce ofthe people cannot err. . avs Item, Ifa woman, when the is apprehended, cry out, or fay; Tamundone 3 Save my life ; I will tell you how the matter ftandeth, ec. fhe is thereupon moft vehemently to be fufpected and condemned to dy. | ; Lien, Interrogatories. ‘ of Witchcraft. Cee Cuap. VI. Oe ORES Pee ae tiem, Thougha Conjurer be not to be condemned for curing the difeafed by vertue of his Arc ; yet mufta Witch die for the likecafes 5 Jtem, The behaviour, looks, becks, and countenance ofa woman, are fuffici- ent fignes, whereby to prefume fhe isa Witch : for always they look down to the ground, and dare not look aman full inthe face. | ne Jtem, If their Parents were thought to be Witches; thenitis certainly to be prefumed that they arefo: butitisnot foto béchought of Whores. Ltem; \t isa vehement prefumption if fhe cannot weep, at the time of her ex- amination: and yet Bodis faith, that a Witch may fhed three drops out of her. right eye. _ 4temy, It is not only avehement fufpition,. and prefumption; but an evident proof ofa Witch’; ifany manor beatt dye fuddenly where fhe hath been feen lately ; although her witching-{tuffe be not found or efpyed. ei py: Item, If any body ufe familiarity or company with 4 Witch convicted, it is a fufficient prefumption againtt that perfon to be adjudged a Witch. Ls ON at 4 Ttem, That evidence that may ferve to bring in any other perfon to examina- 1-5.de adult.83 tion, may ferve to bring a Witch to her condemnation. Ru ee ie: ; 4tem,Herein judgment muft be pronounced and executed (as Bodin faith,with- Hedtio, Oe out order, and not like to the orderly proceeding and form of judgmentin other 1, Bod. dede- crimes. Vere, ‘Gigi monlib.4.cap he tem, A Witch may not be brought to the torturé fuddenly ; or before long . examination, leaft fhe go away fcot-free: for they feel no torments, and chere- fore care not for the fame, as Bodin afirmeth. . : stata Litem, Little children may be had tothe torture at the firft dafh; but fo may Idem. Ibid: } it not be done with old wonten : as is aforefaid. oy - Item, If fhe have any privy mark under her arm-pits, under her hair ; under her lip, or inher buttock, or in her privicies:.it isa prefumption fufficient for the Judge to proceed and give fentence of death upon her. 3 The only pity they fhew to g poor woman inthis cafe, is + that though fhe be accufed to have flain any body with her Inchantments; yetif fhe can bring forth yan eo the party alive, fhe fhall not be putto death: Whereat I marvel; in as much itty. - as they can bring the Devil in any bodies likenefs and reprefentation. _ te Item, Their Law faith, chat an uncertain prefumption is {ufficient, whena cer- Cap, prelentd tain prefumption faileth. ie | : cum glof. extras de teft. Paaor- . <3 mit. in C. vee col.2. codemss CHa Pp. yu . oe. Particular Interrogatories ufed by the Inquifitirs againft Witches. rently impious,and full of tyranny which except I fhould have fo manifeitly detected, even with their,own writings and aflertions, few or none would . have believed : But for brevities fake I will pafs over the fame ; fuppofing that er no the citing of fueh abfurdities may ftand for a fufficient confueationthereof.Now : therefore I will proceed to a more particular order and manner of examinati- ons, ec. ufed by the Inquifirors, and allowed for the moft part throughout all | ‘Need not ftay to confute fuch partial and horrible dealings, being fo appa- Nations. | ; feo | tare __ Firft, che Witch muftbe demanded,why fhe touched fuch a child, or fuch a Mal. Malef. fis ' ow, Gc. and afterward the fame child or cow fell fick or lame,cc. «=. ~sies aniterrog. * Liem, Why her two Kine give more milk than her neighbours. And the note before mentioned is here again fet down ; to be {pecially obferved of all men: to wit, that though a Witch cannot weep, yet fhe may fpeak with a crying. . voyce. Which aflertion of weeping is falfe, and contrary to the faying of Seneca, Seneca ia tv a3 Cato,and many others ; which afarm, that a woman weépeth when fhe meaneth gdd. moft deceipt; and therefore faith AZ. Afal. the muft be well looked unto, other- 4a0, Malef. wife fhe will put {pitele privily upon heg cheeks, & feem to weep, which rule alfo part. 3. quefts C2 odin * 16 B OOK Il. The. Difcovery _ Laguifitors, oe. Cautions, Bodin faith is infallible. But alas that tears ae be thought fufficient to excufe A&.ts.10. or condemn in fo great acaufe, and fo weighty atryal! I am fure that the worft Numb. 11.4. fort of che children of J/rael wept bitterly : yea, if there were any Witches at y see ti. 4: allin //rael, they wept: For itis written, That all the children of Ifrael wept. Mau8.& 13, Finally, ifthere be any Witches in Hell, I am fure they weep; for there is & 22. & 24.8 Weeping, wailing, and gnafhing of teeth. Ke ; Pee ok But, God knoweth, many an honeft Matron cannot fometimes in the heavi-. Luke 3.&¢. —snefsof her heart,fhed tears ; the which oftentimes are more ready and common with crafty queans and ftrumpets, than with fober women : For we read of two : kinds of tears ina womans eye, the one of true grief, the other of deceipt: And Seneca ta tra- it ig written, that Dedifcere flere faminium eG mendacium : whichargueth, that ened. they lye, which fay, that wicked womencannot weep. But let thefe Tormen- torstake heed, that the tears in this cafe which run down the widows cheeks, Eccl. 35,315. with their cry {poken by Jefws Syrachybe not heard above. But lo what learned, » godly, and lawful means thefe Popith Inquifitors have invented for the trial of true ot falfe tears. — niente cemeoet see OF -.
The Alchys The Prieft perceived not the fraud, but received the Ingot of filver, and was mifts baitto not a little joyful to fee fuch certain fuccefs proceed from his own handy work cachafool. wherein could be no fraud (as he furely conceived) and therefore very willingly gave the Chanon forty pounds for the receipt of this experiment, who for that = fum of money taught him aleffonin Alchymittry, but he never returned to hear repetitions, or to fee how he profitted. Cc H A rp. TET Of a Yeoman of the Conntrey cofened by an Alchymift. Feates, and fuch other; but I will pafs them over, and only repeat three : experiments of that Art; the one praétifed upon an honeft Yeoman ia the 4 | County of Kent, the other upon a mighty Prince, the third upon ,a covetous: a Prieft. And firtt couching the Yeoman, he was overtaken and ufed in manner and form following, by anotable cofening Varlet, who profefled Alchymi- ftry, Juggling, Witchcraft, and Conjuration: and by means of his Compa- nions and Confederates difcuffed the fimplicity and ability of the faid Yeoman, and found out his eftate and humour to be convenient i this purpofe ; and final- Jy came a woing (as they fay ) tohis daughter , to whomhe made love cun-_ ningly in words, though his purpofe tended to. another matter, And among” other illufions and tales concerning: his own commendation , for wealth, ie parentage, inheritance, allyance, aétivity , learning, pregnancy,’and cunning, he boatted of his knowledge and experience in Alchymiftry, making the fim- 3 : ple man beleive that he could multiply, and of one Angel make two or three. Which feemed ftrange to the poor man, infomuch as he became willing enough to fee that conclufion: whereby the Alchymifter had more hope and com- Nore the co- fort to attain his defire , than if his daughter had yielded to have marryed {ening convey- him. To be fhort, he in the prefence of che faid Yeoman, did include a dod within little Ball of Virgin-Wax, a couple of Angels; and after certain Cere- rayioner, monies and conjuring wordshe feemed to deliver che fame unto him: oF i an eo ee 3 | throug é ) | Could cite many Alchymittical cofenages wrought by Door Burcot, eee ees Eg Nh the 5 ie eon ie i ee I es sl ek Cuap: Ms 39205. Pees ays es m : of Witchcraft. (through Legierdemain) he conveyed into the Yeomans hand another ball of the fame fcantling, wherein were inclofed mary more Angels than were inthe ball which he thought he had received. Now (forfooth ) the Alchymifter bad him. lay up the fame ball of Wax, and alfo ufe certain ceremonies ( which I thought good here to omit.) And after certain dayes, hours, and minutes, cheta returned together, according to the appointment, and fcund great gains by the multiplication of the angels. Infomuch as he, being a plain man, was here- by perfwaded, that he fhould not only have a rare and notable good fon-in- | law , but a companion that might help to adde unto his wealth much treafure, £e, and to his eftare great fortune and felicity. And to increafe this opinion in him, as alfo to winhis further favour ; but {pecially co. bring his cunning Alchy- miftry, or rather his lewd purpofe to pafs, he’told him that it were folly to multiply a pound of Gold, when as ealily they might multiply a million ? and therefore counfelled himto produce all the money he had, or could borrow of his neighbours and friends ; and did put him out of doubt, that he would multiply the fame, and redouble it exceedingly, even as he faw by experience how he dealt with the fmall furnm before his face. This Yeoman in hope of gains A notable foo!, and preferment, @&c. confénted to this fweet motion, and brought out and Jaid before his feer, not the one half of his goods, butall that he had, or could » make or borrow any manner of way. Then this juggling Alchymifter, having | | obtained his purpofe, folded the fame in a ball, in quantity far bigger than the other, and conveying the fame into his bofom or pocket, delivered another ball . f (as before.) of the like quantity unto the Yeoman, tobe referved and fafely . “Nie all kept in his chelt; whereof (becaufe the matrer was of importance) either of : # them muft have a key, and 4 feveral lock, chat no interruption might be made to the Ceremony, nor abufe by either of them, in defrauding each other. ae Now. ( forfooth ) thefe circumiftances and Ceremonies being ended, and the A coufening Alchymifters purpofe thereby performed; he told the Yeoman chat ( untill a device by run- certain day and hour limited to return ) either of them might imploy them- 578 P07 felves about their bufinefs and neceflary affairs; the Yéoman to the Plough, of the are. and he to the Gity of London; and inthe meantime the Gold fhould multiply, &c. But the Alchymifter (belike ) having othér matters of more importance came not juit at. the hour appointed, nor yet at the day, nor within the yedt : fo as although it were fomewhat againit the Yeomans confcieaceé to violate his promife, or break the league; yet partly by che longing he had to fee;-and partly the defire he had to enjoy che fruic of that excellent experiment, having ( for his own fecurity ) and the others facisfa€tion, fometeftimony at the open- ing thereof, to witnefs his fincere dealing, he brake up the coffer, and lo. he | .foon efpyed the ball of Wax; which he himfelf had laid up therewith his own e hand: So as he thought (if the hardeft fhould fall) he fhould find his principal ; : and why not.as good increafe hereof now, as of the other before? But alas ! when the Wax was broken; and che merall difcovered; the Gold.much abafed, =, and became perfeét lead. "ei Re orc epee Niw who fo lift to utter his folly, * oo G, Chances in Let hits come forth and learn to multiply coe eae a ee of che And every man that hath ought in hy Cofers : age a i Let him appear, and wax a Philofopher, aalialy. Ln learning of hes elvifh nice lore, All #s in vain; and pardee much more Is to learn a lewd man thes [utteltee, Fie, (peak not thereof it wok not be : iy For he that hath learning, and he that hath none, Conclude alike in tpultiplicatione. ve is 1? OE a Gy. a ee ee eS RD gee en eR PRR pepo . may iB i Us a “it The Difcovery) Alchypoifir). _ "206 Boox XIV. 9 certain King. abufed by an. AlchymifP, and of the Kings Foal, a prety jefe . A King cou- fered by Ale chymiftry. \He fecond example is of another Alchymift thar came toa certain King, __promifing to work by his. art many great things, as well in compounds “JB. ing and tranfubftantiating of metals, as in executing of other exploits of no lefs.admiration. . But before he began, he found the means to receive by vertue of the Kings Warrant, a great fum of money in preit, afluring the King and his Councell, that he would fhortly return, and accomplith his promife, ec. Soon after, the Kings Fool among other jetts, fell into a difcourfe and difcovery of fools, and handled that common place fo. pleafantly, that the King beganto: take delight therein, and to like hismerry vein. Wherevpon he would needs have the fool deliver unto hima {chedule or fcroll, containing the names of all the moft excellent Fools in the land. i stones “So he caufed the Kings name to be firft fer down, and next him all the names of his Privy Council. The King feeing him fo fawcy and malapert, meant to have had him punifhed: but fome of his Council, knowing him to be a fellow pleafantly conceited, befought his Majefty rather to demand of him a reafon of his Libell, &c. than to proceed in extremity againft him. Thenthe fool being asked why he fo fawcily accufed the King and his Council of principal folly, anfwered ; Becaufe he faw one foolifh knave beguile them all, and to coufen them of fo great a.mafs of Money, and finally to be gone out of their reach. Ay ie Why (faid one of the.Council) he may return and perform his promifey &c. > pwife fool, Then (quoth the fool) I can help all the matter ealily. How (faid the King) -— ganft thou do that ? Marry Sir, (faid he) then J will blot out,your nanje,..and |... pnt in his,.as the moft fool in the world. Many other pradtifes of nhe: like .. mature might be hereunto annexed, for the detection of their knavery, and:de- ceits whereupon this art dependeth, whereby the Readers. may be more de- ’ lighted in reading, than the practifers benefited in fimply ufing the fame. For it is an art confifting wholly of fubtlety and deceit, whereby the ignorant and plain-minded man through his too'much credulity is circumyented, and the . humour of the other flye cofener fatisfied. .._ 9 3 selae ersTshs : (Gob al Pal. | ‘A Notable Story written ly Erafmus of two Alchymilts;alfo of Longation and C urtations , Eyaf. in coogi. “He third example is reported by Era/mus, whofe excellent learning and de arte Alchky> = HM \ wit is had tothis day in admiration. Heina certain dialogue intituled mifticas; _ Alchymiftica doth finely bewray the knavery of this crafty ‘art; wherein he propofeth one Balbiae, avery wife, learmed, and devout priett, ae -howbeit fuch a one as was bewitched, and>mad upon che art of Alchymittry. ee _ Which thing another cofening Prieft perceived, and deale with him in manner care . and.form following. | weg es: a A flacering Mr. Doétor Balbine (faid he) I being a ftranger unto you may feem very faucy and clawing to trouble your worfhip with my bold fuit, who alwayes are bufied in great and preamble. divine ftudies. To whom Balbine, being a man of few words, gave a nodde : which was more then he ufed toevery man. But the Prieft knowing his hu- : Me mour, faid; I am fure Sir, if you knew my fuic, you would pardon my impor- Bees tunity. I pray chee good Sir Fohn (faid.Balbiae )’ thew me thy minde, and be ee ss.) brief. That fhall T doe Sir ‘(faid he) wi good will, You know Mr, Do- > ‘ tor, through your skillin Philofophy, that every mans deftiny is not alike ; and I for my pare am_at this point, that I cannot tell. whether I may be counged happy or infortunate. For when I weigh mine own cafe, or rather my ee | ghee x | 3 ; ftare, (of Wactheraf. CHARM OD ftate, in pare I feem fortunate; and in part miferadle. «Luc Baldine ‘being a man of fome furlinefs, alwayes willed himro draw his matter to’a more compendious “ torm’s which thing the Prieft faid he would doe, and could the becter pérform, ; becaufe Balbine himfelf was fo learned and expert inthévery matter-he had to repeat, and thus he began. .s d duarthebachesabee bi Speatlan bipe on I have had, even from my childhood, a great felicity in theart of Alchymi. ~ ftry, which isthe very marrow of all Philofophy. Ballin at the nathing-of the word Alchymiftry, inclined'and yielded himfelf more attentively to: hearken 8 unto him : marry it was only in getture of body; for he was {pare of {peech, and yet he bade him proceed with his tale. Then faid the Prieft, wretch thac I am, it was nor my Iuck co light on the beft way : for°you' Mr. Balbine Know (being fo univerfally learned.) that in this art there are two wayes, ‘the one called Longation, the other Curtation ; and it was mine ill hap to fall upon Longation. When Balbine asked him the difference of chofe wo wayes 5 Oli Sit, Longation and -faid the Prieft, you might count me impudent, to take upon me'to tell you that Curration in of all other are beft learned in this Art, to whom I. comé, moft humbly tobe- Alchymiftry. feech you to teach me that lucky way of Curtation. The cuininger you are, the more ealily you may teach it me: and therefore hide not the gift chat God hath given you, from your brother, who may perifh for want of - his defiré in this. behaif; and doubtlefs Jefus Chrift will inrich you with greater bleflings and endowments, | : BE ok sade Gore egal tei ee Balbine being abafhed partly with his importunity, and partly with the ftrange circumftance, told him chat (in truth ) he neither knew what Longation or Cur- “a ‘ gation meant ; and therefore required him to expound rhé meaning of thefe i words. Well (quoth the Prieft ) fince it is your pleafure, I will-do it, though I ee _ fhall thereby take upon me to teach him that is indeed much cunninger than.) ©’ my felf. And thus hebegan: Oh Sir, they thac have fpent all the dayes of Nors how. the their life in this divine faculty, do turn oné nature and form into another, two Coufener cir. wayes ; che oneis very brief, buc fomewhat dangerous; the other much longer, a era marry very fafe, fure, and commodious. Howbeit, I chink my felf moft unhappy or that have f{pént my time and travel in chat way which utterly miflikech me, ‘and never could gerany one to fhew me the other that I fo earnettly defire. And now I come to your worfhip, whom I know to be wholly learned and expere herein, hoping that you will (for charities fake ) comfort your brother, whofe felicity and wellédoing now refteth only in your hands ; and therefore I befeech you relieve me with your counfel. , | By thef and fuch other words whenthis coufening Varlot had avoided fufpi- cion of guile, and affured Balbine that he was perfe& and cuniwing in the other way: Balbine’s fingers itched, and his heart tickled, fo as he could hold no longer, bue burft out with chefe words: Let this Curtation goto the Devil, ‘ whofe name I did never fo much as once hear of before, and therefore do much lefS underftand it.. But cell me in good faith, do you exattlyunderttand Lon- gation? Yea, faid the Prieft, doubt you not hereof: but I have no fanfie to chac way, itis fo tedious. Why ( quoth Balbine ) what time’ is required in the ac- - complifhment of this work by way of Longation? Too too much faid the — 3 Alchymitter, even almoft a whole year : but this is the beft, che fureft and fafeft Fair words, way, though it be for f many moneths prolonged, before it yield advantage for make fodts. coftand charges expended thereabouts. Set your heart at rett ( {aid Balbine ) ni a it is no matter, though it were two years, fo as you be well afiured to bring ic blitd Bere: then to pafs. | ae Finally, it was there and then concluded, that prefently the Prieft thould go inhand with the work, and the other fhould bear the charge, the gains to be indifferently divided betwixt them both, and the work to be done privily _ in Balbine’s houfe. And after the mutual oath was taken for filence, which is nfual and requifite alwayes in the beginning of ‘this myftery, Balbine delive- red money to the Alchymifter for Bellowes, Glafles, Coals, &c. which fhould ferve for the ere€tion and furniture of the Forge. Which money the sane es %8 | 0 3 ad, i Hartumim. . £ ” Pe eee ee ee ee eT aS ee 7h ee Bre had no fooner fingered, but he ran merrily to the Dice, to the Alehoufe, and - tothe Stewes, and who there fo lufty as coufening Sir fobn! who indeed this way made a kind of Alchymiftical transformation of Money. . Now. Balbine . ~ urged him to go about his bufinefs, but the other told him, chat if the mars ter were once begun, it were half ended: for therein. confifted the greateft difficulty. bites pe attr. J ik Well, at length he began to furnifh the furnace ; but now forfooth anew fup- ply of Gold mutt be made, as the feed and {pawn ‘of that which muft be engen- - < dred and grow out of this work of Alchymiftry. For evenasa-fith is not caught | | ‘without a bait, no more isGold multiplyed without fome parcels of Gold: and therefore Gold muft be the foundation and ground-work of that art, or elfe all the fat is inthe fire. But all this while Balbine was occupied in calculating, and mufing upon his accompt; cafting by Arithmetick, how that if one ounce : OE aie yield fifteen, then how much gains two thoufand ounces might yield ;. for fo sc.) Mauch he determined,to employ that way. of “qaftiea: .. When the Alchymift had alfo confumed this Money, fhewing great travella moneth or twain, in placing the bellowes, the coals, and fach other {tuffe, and no. whit of profit proceeding or coming thereof, Balbine demanded how the world went; our Alchymift was as aman amazed. Howbeit he faid ac length ; Forfooth evens fuch matters of importance commonly do go forward, where- _unto there is alwayes very difficult accefs. There was (faith he) a faule (which ZT have now found out ) in the choyce of the coals, which were of Oak, and fhould have been of Beech. One hundred Duckets were {pent that way, fo as the Dicing houfe and the Stewes were partakers.of Ralbines charges. But after oe a new fupply: of Money, better coals were provided, and matters more circum- Balbine was {pectly handled. | Howhbeit, when the forge had travelled Jong, and: brought bewitched with forth nothing, there was another excufe found out ; to wit, that the glafles Belire of gold were not tempered as they ought to have been. But the more Money was dif- ipa o burfed hereabouts, the worfe willing was Balbine to give over, according to the ( <—S* Dicers vein, whom fruitlefs hope bringech into a fools paradife. . _ The Alchymift, to caft a good colour upon his knavery, took on like aman moonfick, and protefted wich great words full of forgery and lyes, that he never ‘had fach luck before, But having found the errour, he would be fure enough a never hereafter to fall into the like overfight, and chat henceforward all fhould Po ess he fafe and fure, and throughly recompenfed inthe end, with large increafe. Hereupon the Work-houfe is now the third time repaired, and a new fupply yet once agaimput into the Alchymifts hand ; foasthe glafles were changed. And now at length the Alchymift uttered another point of his art and cunning to Balbine ; to wit, that thofe matters would proceed much better, if he fent our Lady a few French Crowns in reward ; for the art being holy, che matter.can- not profperoufly proceed, withoutthe favour of the Saints. Whicli counfell exceedingly pleafed Balline, who-was fo devout and religions, that no day efca- ped him but he faid our Lady Matteéns. ; The Alchymi- .. Now. our Alchymifter having received the offering of money, goethon his fer bringeth holy pilgrimage, even to the next Village, and there confumeth it every penny, Balbiae into among Bawds and Knaves: and at his return, he told Balbine that he had great ot Ber*> . hope of good luck in this bufinefs ; the holy Virgin gave fuch fayourable coun- ~ 1 <«\ genance, and fuch atcentive.ear unto his prayersand vowes. Bucafter this, when . there had been great travell beftowed, and nota dram of Geld yeelded nor Ca levied from the forge; Bazlbine began to expoftulate, and reafon fomewhat roundly with the confening fellow ; who {till faid he never had fuch filthy luck in, all his life before, and could not devife by what means it came to pafie, | eS that things went fo.overthwarcly.. Butafter much debating betwixt them upon . Ar the matter, at length ic came into Balbine’s head to ask him if he had not foreflowed to hear Mafs, or to ftay. his hours ; which if he had done, nothing could: profper under his hand. . Without doubt (faid the coufener) you have hie the nailon the head. Wretch that l am!. 1 remember once or twice being gee’ ‘ ag. "nf aig eae Notable cou- fenage. AR zs = Lae * = or) Fs salt a ,) aa, Rts, Ve : . y Mines rete & PNT. Fo SS eee mee AN Te ge te eS YY ee 9 — Ss re a pl ee Fe pt!) Se _" y : € ’ x ‘ : re ) bid ie jl > Se eS ae itis * Saale Are Bec pe me ig Vee cen ee : e they SAP et z , 5 a eye ; ‘ a ; 3 : : . F / x » ett ESE Se ee ee ee ee a RE A a cepa eh a ko al SL es dae ena ere ~ at a long feaft, I omitted to fay mine Ave AZaryafter dinner. So fo (faid Bal- bine) no marvell then. that a matter.of fuch importance hath had fo ill fuccefs. The Alchymifter promifed to do penance ; as to hear twelve mafies for two that he had foreflowed; and for every Ave overflipped, to render and repeat twelve to our Lady. © eo Soon after this, when all our Alchymifters money was {pent, and alfo his thifts failed how tocome by any more, he came home with this device, as a man wonderfully frayed and ‘amazed, piteoufly crying and lamenting his mif- fortune. Whereat Balbine being aftonifhed, defired to know the caufe of his : complaint. Oh-(faid the Alchymifter) the Courtiers have {pied our enterprife ; Here the Al- fo as I for my part look for noching but prefent imprifonment. Whereat Bal- chymifter uc- line was abafhed, becaufe it was flat fellony to goe about that matter, without tereth a noto- fpeciall licenfe. But (quoth the Alchymifter) I fear not to be put to death, 2 point of Iwould it would fall out fo ; marry I fear lett I fhould be fhut up in fome cattle a Ee nag or tower, and ‘there fhall be forced to tug about this work and broil. in chis bufinefs all the dayes of my life. Posti eS Now the matter being brought to confultation’, Balbine, becanfe he was oe cunning in the art of Rhetorick, and not altogether ignorant.in law, beat his brains in devifing how the accufation might be anfwered , and. the danger avoided. Alas ( {aid the Alchymifter ) you trouble your felf all in vain, for you fee the crime is not to be denyed,it is fo generally bruiced in Court: neicher canthe fa&t be defended, becaufe of the manifeft law publifhed againft ir. To be fhort, when many wayes were devifed, and divers excufes alleadged by Bal- mt Line, and nofure ground to ftand on for their fecurity ; at length the. Alchy- a mifter having prefent want and need of money, framed his fpeech inthis fort; - _ Sir, faid he to Balbine, we ufe flow counfel, and yet the matter requireth hatte. Mark how this For I think they are coming for me ere this time to hale me away to prifon; and Alchymifter ,, I fee no remedy but to die valiantly in the caufe. In good faith (faid Balbine) gocth from i I know not what to fay to the matter. No more do J, (faid the Alchymifter) one dase | but that I fee thefe Courtiers are hungry for Money, and fo much the réadier ieee we to be corrupted and framed to filence. And though ic be a hard matter to | (fad give thofe rakehells till chey be fatisfied; yet I fee no better counfel or advice Bis at this time. Nomore could Balbine, who gave him thirty ducats ‘of gold to imee a: ftop their mouths, who inan honelt caufe would rather have given fo many) on teeth out of his head, thanone-of thofe pieces out of his pouch. Thiscoin had the Alchymifter, who for all his pretenfes and gay glofes was in no dan- sér, other than for lack of Money to lofe his Leman or Concubine, whofe acquaintance he would not give over, nor forbear her company, for all the goods that he was able to get, were it by never fo much indirect dealing, and un+ Jawfull means. a, é ye es Well,yet now once again doth Balbine newly furnifh the forge, a prayer being | made before to’our Lady to blefs the enterprife, and all chings being provided a i and made ready according to the. Alchymifters own aking, and all neceflaries a largely miniftred after his own liking; awhole year being likewife now con- fumed about this bootlefs bufinefs, and nothing brought to pafs , there fell out a {trange chance, and that by this means enfuing, as you fhall hear. he: Our Alchymifter forfooth ufed a little extraordinary lewd company with a Courtiers wife, whiles he was from home, who fufpecting the matter, came to the door unloeked for, and called co come in, threatning them that he would break open the doors uponthem. Some prefent device (you fee) was now requi- fire, and there was none other to be had, but fuch as the opportunity offered ; ‘towit, to leap out at a back window ; which he did, not without. great hazard, and fome hurt. .But this was foon blazed abroad, foas it came to Balbine’s ear, The snildeft who fhewed in countenance that he had heard thereof, though: he faid nothing. and foftet na- But the Alchymifter knew himro be devout, and fomewhat fuperftitious ; and ture is com~ : fuch men are eafie to be intreated to forgive, how great foever the fault be, and prep ee d@Vifed to open the matter in manner and form following. OY sa ol en | phy 3 | O Lord, = - - ee 17 Fe Oe b Sve TEP a re © ERE ee i gh ch oe On PE ee” ee) me har Oa eee Bh ng Jo ra Le m Ppa /) HE? Se 7 7 ee . Paks C7. 7 ? : Wp Ree? ; . 4 y & ) } a ; x E> ae eee ie ne ~The Difovery SS Alciymifiy. —2lo Boox XIV. : ~OLord (faith he before Balbine) how unfortunately goeth our bufinefs for- ge ward! I marvell what fhould be the caufe. Whereat Balbine, being one other- wife that feemed to have vowed filence, took occafionto fpeak, faying; Ic is | not hard co know the impediment and ftop hereof: for it is fin that hindereth -.~ , this matter ; which is not to be dealt in but with pure hands. Whereat the Al- chymifter fell upon his knees, beating his breaft, and lamentably cryed, faying ; Oh ma{ter Balbine, you fay moft truely, itis finthat hath done us all this difplea- fare ; not your fin Sir, but mine own, good mafter Balline. Neither will I be afhamed to difcover my filthinefs unto you, as unto a. moft holy and nee . father. The infirmity of the fleth had overcome me, and the Devil had caugh me in his fnare. Oh wreteh that Iam! Of a PrieftI am become an Adulterer. as ' Howbeit, the Money that erftwhile was fent to our Lady, was not utterly loft ; for if fhe had not been, I had certainly been flain. For the good man of the a _honfe brake.open the door, and the window was lefs thansI could get out thereat. And in that extremity of danger it came into my minde to fall down ; proftrate to the Virgin ; befeeching her (if our gift were acceptable in’ her ~ £n immenfa fight) chat fhe would, in confideration thereof, affit me with her help. Andto cavi (pivant be fhort, Iran to the window, and found it big enonghto leap out at. Which _ mendacia folles. thing Balbine did not only believe to be true, but in refpe& thereof forgave him, religioufly admonifhing himto fhew himfelf thankfull to that pitifull and blefied Lady. . i ah ys ‘Now once more again is made a new fupply of money, and mutual promife made to handle this divine matter hence forward purely and holily. » To be fhort, after a great number of fuch parts played by the Alchymifter, one of Balline’s acquaintance efpyed him, that knew him from his childehood to be - but a coufening Merchant ; andtold Balbine what he was, and that he would ; handle him in the end, even as he had ufed many others ; for a knave he ever was, _ Balbineis atha- and fo he would prove. But what did Balline, chink you? Did he complain of | ea this counterfeit, or caufe him to be punifhed? No, but he gave him money in = thot ‘and over- Dis purfe, and fent him away; defiring him, of all courtefie, not to blab abroad ~- feen in acafe’ how he had coufened him. And as for the knave Alchimifter, he need not care of flax cou- who knew it, or what came of it; forhe had nothing in goods or fame to be ‘fenage, loft. And as for his cunning in Alchimiftry, he had as much asan Af. By cus . difcourfe Era/mus would give us tonote, that under the golden name of Al- chymiftry there lyeth lurking no fmall calamity ; wherein there be fuch feveral fhiftsand fuits of rare fubtleties and deceits, as that not only wealthy men are thereby many times impoverifhed, and that with the {weet allurement of this art, through their own covetoufnefs , as alfo by the flattering baits of hoped gain: but even wife and learned’ men hereby are fhamefully overfhot, partly for want of due experience inthe wiles and fubtleties of the world, and partly through the foftnefs and pliablenefs of their good nature, which coufening Knaves do commonly abufe to their own Iuft and commodity, and to the others utter undoing. ; Cua p, VI. The Opinion of divers learned men touching the folly of Aichimiftry. The fubtan- ~ J\ Lert in his book of Minerals reporteth,. that Avicenna treating of Al- ees of things chymiftry, faith; Let the dealers in «Alchymiftry underftand, that the ~ ate not tranf- very nature and kinde of things cannot be changed, bue rather made by — mayrable, art to refemble the fame in dhew and likenefS ; fo that they are not the very things indeed, but feem fo to be in appearance ; as caftlesand towers do feem to be built in the clouds, whereas the reprefentations there fhewed, are nothing at elfe but the refemblance of certain objects below, caufed mfome bright and | clear cloud, when theair is void of thicknefs and groffenefs, A fufficient “sneae Oe : ereok 7 . 7 a 2 5 % ag ay \ ts 1 x % Ni erg Svar, ONG Peace es to Ua a ae 4 rey . Pe th eee A ear f _ Hariumim. Lo ae of Witchcraft. _ hereof may be the-looking-glais. And we fee (faith he) that yellow or Oprenge eg a a a i - faid fond profeffion and practice, faying ; I hope for profperous fuccefs in Al- “41 fort. 1. _ gold, willrun away with thy gold, and thou never the wifer, faith Petrarch. He | colour laid upon red, feemeth to be gold. Francis Petrarch treating of thefame FravePetiarci), matter in form of a dialogue, introduceth a difciple of his, who fanfied the fore- lib. de remed. chymiftry. Petrach anfwereth him; It is a wonder from whence that hope “?: !%. a fhould fpring, fich the fruit thereof did never yet fall to thy lot, nor yer at et any time chance to any other ; asthe report commonly goeth, that many rich men, by this vanity and madnefs have been brought ro beggery, whiles they aoe have wearied themfelves therewith, weakned. their bodies, and wafted their . Ce ae wealth in trying the’ means to make gold ingender gold. I hope for séld ac- oe cording ro the workmans promife, faith the difciple. He that hath promifed thee : ) promifeth me great good, faith the difciple. He will firft ferve his own turn, . . and relieve his private poverty, faith Petrarch; for Alchymifters are a beg- 7 prea gerly kinde of people, who though they confefs themfelves bare and needy, yy ee yet will they make others rich and wealthy ; as though others poverty didmore me moleft and pity them then their own. Thefe be the words of Petrarch, a ‘man of cm great dearning and no lefs experience; who as inhis time he fawthefraudulent 6 6 fetches of this compafling craft; fo hath therebeen no age, fincethe famehath - y been broached, wherein fome few wife men have not {melt out che evilmeaning 7 of thefe fhifting merchants, and bewrayed them to the world. Bete : ~ An ancient writer of a religious Order, who lived above a thoufand years Go/shaleus Bol, fince, difcovering the diverfiries of thefts, after a long enumeration, in Alchy- ier bua Pe , “4 mifters, whom he callech Falfficantes metalorum & mineralinm,witches and coun- pie a terfeiters of metals and minerals; and fetceth them as deep inthe degree of ‘244. 60l.b bd theeves, as any of the reft, whofe injurious dealings are brought to open ar- @ 1. raignment. Iiis demanded (faith he) why the Art of Alchymiftry doth never | prove thatin effe&, which itprecendeth in precept and promife. The anfwer is ready ; that if by art gold might be made, then were it behoovefull to know the manner and proceeding of nature ingeneration ; fith artis faid to'imirate and counterfeit nature. Again, it is becaufe of the lamenels and unperfe@tnefs No certain of philofophy, {pecially concerning minerals: no fuch manner of proceeding ground in the fe being fet down by confent and agreement of Rhilofophers in writing, touching 4 ee — the tne and undoubred effeé of the fame. Whereupon one fuppofeth that ““*” oN gold is made of one kind of ttuff this way, others of another kind of ftuff chat - Pees way. And therefore itis a chance if any attain to the artificial applying of the eS actives and paffives of gold and filver. Moreover, itis certaiu, that quickfilver 7 he and fulphur are the materials ( as they term them) of meétals, and the agent is — heat, which direéteth ; howBeit it is very hard to know the due proportion of the mixture of the materials ; which proportion the generation-of gold doth require. And admit that by chance they attain to fuch proportions yet can. they not readily refume or do it again in another work, becaufe of the hid- den diverfities of materials, and the uncertainty of applying the actives and paffives. . | fe - The fame ancient author concluding againft this vain art, faich, that of all idem ibid, ‘Chriftian Law-makers it is forbidden, and in fio cafe tolerable in any Gonmon- y wealth ; firft becaufe it prefumeth to forge Idols for covetoufnefs, which are , ae ‘gold and filver : whereupon, faith the Apoftle, Covetoufnefs is Idol-worfhip ; ie fecondly, for that (as Ariffotle faith.) Coin fhould be fcant and rate, that ic Avmivintaold: might be dear ; but the fame would wax vile, and of {mall eftimation, if bythe ‘am 'caltns, © | artof Alchimittry gold and-Silvér might be multiplied; ‘thirdly, becanfe(as + °° experience proveth ) wife men are thereby bewitched, coufeners increafed, prin- | eae eo ces abufed, the rich impoverifhed, the poor beggered, the multitude madefools, == = © 1 and yet the craft and craftmaiters (oh madnefs !}) credited:'Thus far he; Where- ee i by in few words he difcountenanceth that profeffion, not'by’ the imaginations | ae of his ownbrain, but by manifold circumftances of manifeft proof. Touching | x _* the which praétice I think enough hath been fpoken; and mote a great deal ign ae _ needed a adieu i ROMO ae iy al J : 212 BooxXlV.. —_ The Difcovery Alchymiffry e ; oe pone 3 fith fo plain and demonftrable a fatter requireth the le& travel in con- aa ares utation. : | ae oe CH a pov ta : Bee ct a That vain and deceitful hope %s a great caufe why men are feduced by this alluring ee hs: art, and that their labours therein are -bootle/s, &c. | Itherto fomewhat at large I have detefted the knavery of the are Al- chymifticall, partly by reafons, and partly by examples: fo that the | thing it felf may no lefs appear to the judicial eye of rhe confiderers, than the bones and finewes of a body anatomized, to the corporal eye of the beholders. Now it fhall not be amifs nor impertinent, to treat fomewhat of the nature of that vain and fruitlefs hope, which induceth and draweth men for- award as it were with cords, not only ro the admiration,but alfo to the approbati- on of the fame : in fuch fort, that fome.are compelled ruefully to fing (as one in » Ofvain hope. old time did, whether in token of good or ill luck, I do not now well rémember) | Spes & fortuna valete ; Hope and good hap adier, . No marvell then though Alchymiftry allure men fo fweetly, and intangle them in fhares of folly ; fith the baits which it ufech isthe hope of gold, the . hunger whereof is by the poet ternied Sacra, which fome do Englifh, Holy ;. \ * F. Cal. ia not underftanding that it is. rather co be interpreted, * Curfed or deceftable, by comment ups the figure Acyron, when a word of an unproper fignification is caft in a claufe as — Reut-ferm.327- it were a cloud: or by the figure Antiphrafis, when aword importeth acontra- phe ouee ry meaning to that which itcommonly hath. For what reafoncan there be, that namber &Q- : P the hunger of gold fhould be counted holy, the fame having (as depending upon % it ) fo many millions of mifchiefs and miferies : astreafons, thefts, adulteries, (eure manflaughters,truce-breakings, perjuries, coufenages, and a great troop of other. A maxim. © enormities, which were here too long to rehearfe. And if the nature of every be action be determinable by the end thereof,then cannot this hunger be holy, but rather. accurfed, which pulleth. after ic-asit were with iron chains fuch a band of outrages and enormities, as of all their labour, charge, care, and colt, &c: they have nothing elfe lefe them in lieu of lucre, but only fome few burned bricks of a ruinous furnace, a peck or two of afhes, and fuch light ttuffe, which they are forced peradventure in fine to fell when beggery hath arrefted and Ben _ daid his mace on their fhoulders. As for all their gold, it is refolved In prizam Be materiam, or rather In leven quendam fumulam, into alight {moke or tumiga- & tion of vapors, than the which nothing is more light, nothing lefs fubftancial, . : {pirits only excepted, out of whofe nature and number thefe are notto be | exempted. 3 , ri wyatee. VT DT. A continuation of the former matter, with a conclufion of the fame. a i Hat which I have declared before, by reafons, examples, and autho- Ejafisus in col * (og. oui titulus . Coavivinm fa- rities, 1 will now profecute and conclude by one other example; to __ the end that we, as others in former ages, may judge of vain hope ac- cordingly, and be no lefs circumf{pec& to avoid the inconveniences thereot, than ¥ - buslofum Ubffes was wary to efcape the incantations of Circes that old transforming witch. Bech ess Which example of mine is drawn from Lewis the French King, the eleventh of that name, who being on atime at Burgundy, fell acquainted by occafion of hunting with one Conon, a clownifh but yet an honeft and hearty good fellow. For Princes and great men delight much in fuch plain clubhutchens. The King _ oftentimes, by means of his game, ufed the Countrymans houfe for his refreth- Ing $ Hirtumins. of Witchcraft. CHar.Mill. i243 Nes and»as noble men fométimes take pleafure in homely.and courfe things, fo the King:did not refufe to eat turneps and rape roots/in Conons cottage. » Shogtly after King Lewes being at his palace, void of troubles and difquietness, Conins wife. will’d him to repair to the Conrt, to fhew himfelf to the King, to pec him in minde of the old entertainment which he had at his houfe, and to prefent him with fome of the faireft. and» choifett rape roots that the had in ftore. Comm feemed loth; alledging that he thould but lofe his labour : for prin- ces (faith he) have other matters in hand, than to intend to think of {uch trifling | courtelies. But Conons wife overcame him and. perfwaded: him in'the end, A hungry belly choofing a certain number of the beft and goodlyeft Rape-roots that the had: will nor’ be which when fhe had given het husband tocarry to the’Court, he fet forwardon bidled. his journey a good trudging pace. But Conon being tempted by the way, partly with the delire of eating, and partly with che roorhfomnefs:of the meat which he bare, that by little ard little he devoured up all the roots faving one, which was a very fair and a goodly great one indeed. Now when Conon was come to - the, Court, itwas his luck to ttand in fuch a place, asthe King palling by, ‘and fpying the man, did well remember him, aad commanded that he fhould be brought in. Conon very cheerily followed his guide hard: at the heels,-and. no - fooner faw the King, but. bluntly coming to. him, reached:out liis hand, andipre- | fented the gift.to his Majefty. .The King’ téceived it with more cheerfulnef thanitwas offered, and bad.oneof thofe chat ftood nexthim, to taker, and lay ic up among thofe things which he efteemed moft, and had in greatett accompt. Then he bad Cononto dine with him, and after dinner gave thé/Country»man . great chanks for his Rape-root; who made no bones of the matter, but boldly’ made challenge and claim tothéKings peomifed courtefie. Whereupon the A:Phinélp:) King commanded, that a thonfand Crowns fhould be given himinrecompence Largeffe.” for his Roor. oe: The report of this bountifulnefs was {pread:in' fhort fpacevover dll the Kings honfhold : infomuch as one of his Courtiers, in hope of the like or a larger re- ward, gave the King a very proper Gennet. Whole dritt-thée King perceiving, » and judging that his former liberality to thé Clown, provoked the Courtier to. this covetous attempr, took the Gennet very thankfully : and ‘calling fome of his Noble men about him, began to confult with chem, what mends he mighe make his fervant for his Horfe. Whiles this was a doing, the Courtier conceived pallmg good hope of fome Princely Largefs, calculating arid catting his Cards in; this. manner: Ifhis Majefty rewardedsa filly Clown fo bonntifully fora fimple. Rape-root, what will hedo toa jally Courtier. for a gallant Gentiet ? Whulesthe King was debating the matter,/and one faid this, another that, and the Courtier travelled all the while|in vain hope, at latt-faith the Kingy.even upon the fudder ; I have now bethought mé what to beftow upon him: and | calling one of his Nobles to him, whifpered him in-the-ear,-and willed him to Sic a:biWempées fetch a thing, which he fhould finde. in his Chamber wrapped up‘in filk. The tur arte. Root is brought wrapped in filk, which the King with his ownhands gave to the Courtier, ufing thefe words therewithall, that he {ped well, infomich as it was his good hap to have for his Horfe a Jewel that coft him a thoufand Crowns: _ The Courtier was a glad man, and at his departing longéd to bé looking what it was, and his heart danced for joy.. In due time thereforé.he unwrapped the filk (a fort of his fellow-Courtiers flocking about him to teftifie his good Iuck) and having unfolded it, he found therein aidry.and withered Rape-root. Which foectacle though it fet the ttanders about in aloud laughter, yet it quailed the Courtiers courage, and cat him into a fhrewd fit of penlivenefs. Thus was the confidence of this Courtier-turned to vanity; who uponhope of good fpeed was willing to part from his Horfe for had I wit. | ; : This {tory doth teach us, into what folly and madnefs vain hope may drive The merall of wadifcreey-ang-wpexpert men. Agd: sherefore no marvell though Alchymifters the premiffes. | dreamanddore after double advantage, faring like ¢£fups dog, who greedily coveting to cateh and {natch at the fhadow of the flefh which he carried in e mouth ayer TOS GAA 214 hee edi The Difeovery Alebyeifiry. i soviet = 7 - aa * mouth over the water, loft borh the one and the other: as they do their in- creafe and their. principal. » Bucto break off abruptly from chis matter, and to : Aule Perfiusy fatyr. 3. ~~ rent co the world, than the clear funny rayes at noontted ; fay with the Poet; | leave thefe hypocrites (for why may they not be fo named,who as Homer, fpeak- ing in deceftation of fuch rakehells, faith very divinely andtriely; . " Odi-etenim fen clauftra Erebi, quicunque loquuntur | Ore alind, tacitoque alind {ub pettore clandunt : Sy Englifhed by Alraham Fleming ; ‘ . I hate even as the gates of Hell, . Thofe that one thing with tongue do tell, And notwithftanding clofely keep Another thing in heart full deep.) To leave thefe hypocrites ( I fay ) in the dregs of their difhonefty, I will con- clude againft them peremptorily, that they, with the rabble above rebearfed, andthe rout hereafrer to be mentioned, are rank Coufeners, and confuming Cankers to the Common-wealth, and therefore to be rejected and excommu- nicated from the fellowfhip of all honeft men. For now their art, which turn- eth all kind of metals that they can come by into mift and fmoak, is no lefsappa- infomuch that I may Hos populs ridet, multumque torofa juventus Ingeminat tremulos nafo crifpante cachinnos : Englifhed by Abraham Fleming ; All people laugh them now to fcorn, | each ftrong and lufty blood Redoubleth quavering laughters loud with wrinkled nofe a good. So that, if any be fo addiéted unto the vanity of the art Alchymifticall (as every fool will have his fancy) and that (befide fo many experimented examples of divers, whofe wealth hath vanithed like a vapour, whiles they have been over rafh in the practice hereof ) this difcourfe will not move to defift'from fuch extream dotage, I fay to him or them, and that aptly, : dicitque facitque guod ipfe Non fani effe hominis non fants juret Oreftes : Englithed by Abrahams Fleming ; He faith and doth that every thing, — which mad Oreffes might SSS. With Oath averre became a man ~ j ! bereft of reafon right. Py ii . Ny x EP EVRA PE ARE Sy NTO Oe Pry aes OL SS CTE Sa ne RE eh ee NE St RPA ERe en Can pRO Toes Oe ee OT RPE Fy OER Ry didoni, of Witchiraft. SISNansnensscunnsssessesesnesaneressssseges sabeudsebaTOGUTENEUTSOUSTOUOVOHTTTGHNOTHAE MM ae omar Bret? > Of Magical Circles, and the reafon of their Infritatione. «5 — te ae NSNSSA SAN Asitians, and the moreJearned fort.of Conjurets, mak@ Imaginary aX Por & ufe of Circlesin various manners, and to various-inten- Circles, Y/ A EN) tions. Firft, when convenience fétves not, astotimeor @ place that‘a real Circle fhould be. délineatedsthey frame >.>. +4 \\ an imaginary Circle; .by means of Incantations:and Con- fécrations, without -either' Knife, Penfil, ox Compaffes, cireumfcribing nife foot of ground round about them, of which they. pretend to fanctifie with words and-Ceremo- iy 7 nies, ‘fpattering their Holy Water all about fo far.as the faid Limit extendeth ; and with a form of Confecration following; do alcer the property of the sround, that fromvcommion; (as they fay) is becomes: fan&ifi'd; and made fic for Masicall ufesion tt nals et slpagri Pers to adios SS YY ' How to confecrate An imaginary Circle?» g Etthe Exoreift, being cloathed with ablack Garment,teaching to his kfiee, The form cf ie and under that a white Robe of fine Linen that falls unto hisankles; fix Confecration himfelf in the midft of that place where he intends to perfotmhisConjurations3 And throwing his old Shooes about ten yards from the place, Jet him put on his tie confecrated fhooes of ruffet Leather witha Crofs cut on the top of each thooe. th oo Then with his Magical Wand, which muft be a new hazel-{tick, about two yards Pe: of length, he mufttretch forelf his arm to all che four Windes thticé, turning Re ie _ himfelt round at every Winde,; and faying all char while with fervency): Lophocm the fervant of the Highef?, doby the vertie of his Holy Name, Tmama- nuel, fanttifie unto iy [elf the circumference of nine foot round about me, F hoe, from the Eaft, Biaurah ; {rim the We, Garren; fromthe Nirth, Cabot ; from py the South, Ierith ; which ground I take for my proper defence from all malignant Spirits, that they may have no power over my foul or body, nor come beyond the[e. Limi- tations, but anfwer truely being fummoned, nithout daring te tran[gre{s theirbounds + GMoz2h. woah, barcot. Gambalon. www 5 Oe er a Pa “Which Ceremonies being performed, the place fo fanGtified is equivalent to The ime ei any real Circle whatfoever. And in the compofition of, any-Circle for Magical Conjutation, > feats, che fitteft time is the brighteft Moon-light; or when ftorms of lightning, ° winde, or thunder, are raging through the air ; becaufe at fuch times the infer- nal Spirits aré nearer unto the earth, and can more eafily hear the Invocations of the Exorcitt. ean ‘ : : Mpa h As for the places of Magical Circles, they are to be chofen melancholy, The placestoi | _ dolefull, dark and lonely; either in Woods or Deferts, or in a’place where Circles, three wayes meet, or amongft ruines of Caftles, Abbies, Monafteries, Gc. or , upom.cthe Séa-fhore when the Moon fhines clear, or elfe in fome large Parlour hung with black, and the floor covered with the fame; with doors and windowes ~clofely fhut, and Waxen Candles lighted. But if the Conjuration be for the Ghoft of one deceafed, the fitteft places to that purpofe are places of bi bas eG oods -¢ ot e 8) if F 216 Book XV. os The Difcover ) Magical Circles. Woods where any have killed themfelves, Church-yards, Burying-Vaults, oe. As alfo for all forts of Spirits, the, places of their abode ought to be chofen, when they are called ; as, Pits, Caves, and hollow places, for Subterranean * — Spirits :. The tops of Turrets, for Aerial Spirits: Ships and Rocks of the Sea, : for Spirits of the Water: Woods and Mountains for Faries, Nymphs, and The form of a Circle, The reafon of Circls. Satyres ; following the like order with all the reft. And asthe places where, fo the manner how the Circles are to be drawn, ought tobe perfeétly known. Fitf, for Infernal Spirits, let a Circle nine foot over be made with black, and within the fame another Circle halfa foot diftanr, leaving half a foot of both thefe Circles open for the Magitian and his affiftane to enter in: And betwixt thefe Circles round about, write all the holy Names of God, with Croffes and Triangles ac every Name; making alfo a larger triangle at one’ fide of the Circle without on this manner with the names of the Trinity at the feven corners, viz. Airc i Wuah kedet , Ammanuel, written in che little ircless ae “21Gb - The reafonthat Magitians give for Circles and their Inftitution, is, That fo much ground being bleft and confecrated by holy Words, hath a fecret force to expel all evil Spirits from the bounds thereof; and being {prinkled with holy water, which hath been bleffed by the Mafter, the gronnd is purified from ail ~ uncleannefs ; befides the holy Names of God written all abour, whofe force is very powerful; fothat no wicked Spirit hath the ability to break through into the Circle after the Matter and Scholler are entered, and have clofed up the. gap, by reafon of the antipathy they poffeffe to thefe Myftical Names. And the reafon of the Triangle is, that ifthe Spirit be not eafily brought to fpeak the truth, they may by the Exorcift be conjured to enterthe fame, where by virtue sae : the Sacred Trinity, they can fpeak nothing but what is true and right. | But if. Aftral Spirits as Faries, Nymphs, and Ghofts of men, be called up= ’ on, the Circle muft be made with Chalk, without any Triangles ; in the place whereof the Magical Character of that Element to which they belong, mutt be defcribed at the end of every Name. : ; * | Air, Water, Fire. 28 & cP) f keel — Ss .) P 2 fi hey ¢ a‘ “op oe } . MN ; , Ly , ‘ € 3 : ai i > See bot 22 Woods, Caves, Mountains. % 3 s As for S "| Mines, Defolate Buildings. ee. wb How to raife up the Glo of one shat lath hanged bimifelf \4 & viet - thereforeche Exorcift muft {eek out for the ftraighte& hazél wand that he can find, to the top whereof hg muft binde the head ofan Ow!, Te experiment muft be putin practice while the Carcats hangs\; ahd with a bundle of St. Fohn's Wort, ot Millits Perfuratum': this done, he mutt be - informed of fome miferable creature that hath ftrangled him(elf in fome Wood or Defart place (which they feldom mifs to do) and while the Carcafs ‘hangs, — the Magician muft betake himfelf tothe aforefaid place, at 12a clock at nisht, and begin his Conjurations in this following manner. [TS Ne RPE Firft, ‘ftretch forth the confecrated Wand towards the four corners of the World, faying, By the myfreries of the deep, by the flames of Wana, by the power of the Eatt, and the filence of the night, by the holy rites of Wecatey I conjure and" ex- orcize thee thou diftreffed Spirit, to prefent thy felf here, and reveak unto me the caufe of thy Calamity, why thou didft offer violence to thy own liege life, where thon art now inbeeing, and where thou wilt hereafter be. Then gently fmiting the Carcafe nine times with the rod, fay, Z conjure thee thon [pirit of this N. deceafed, to anfwer my demands that I am to propound unto thee, asthon ever hopeft for the reft of the holy ones, and the eae of all thy mifery ; by the blood of Je( which he fhed for thy foul, I conjure and bind thee to utter wnto \me what I fall ask, thee. Then cutting down the Carcals from the tree, lay his head towards the Ealt, ~ and in the fpace that this following Conjuration is repeating, fét a Chafing- ~ dith of fire at his righthand, into which powre a littlé Wine, fome Mattick, and ‘Gum Aromatick, and laftly a viol full of che fweeteft Oy!, having alfo a pair of Bellows, and fome unkindled Charcoleto make the fire burn bright at the in- ftant of the Carcafs’s rifing. The Conjuration is this : F de I conjure thee thon {pirit of N. that thou do immediately enter into thy antient body again, and anfwer to my demands, by the virtue of the holy refurrettion, and’ by the pofture of the body of the Saviour of the world, I charge thee, I conjure thee, I'command thee on pain of the torments and wandring of thrice feven years, which I by the power of facred Magick rites, have power to infliét upon thee ; by thy fighs and groans, I~ conjure thee to utter thy voice; fohelp thee God and the prayers of the holy Church. Amen. : 8 VEE ban hee Which Conjuration being thrice repeated while dhe fire is burning with Mattick and Gum Aromatick , thebody will begin to rife, and at laft will ftand upright before ‘the Exorcift, anfwering with a faint and hollow voice , the queftions propofed untoit. Why it ftrangled ic felf; where’ its dwelling is ; \ The ceremo- ie Cee nies of Neéros mancy. The Conjura<. ie tion, The anfwers éf the Spirit. what its food and life is ; how long it will be ere it enter into reft, and by what . means the'Magitian may aflitt ito come to reft: Alfo, ofthe treafures of this world, where they are hid: Moreover, it can anfwer very punétually of the places where Ghofts*refide, and how to communicate with them ; teaching the nature of Aftral Spirits and hellifh beings, fo far as its capacity reacheth. # ee, , ~All which when the Ghoft hath fully anfwered, the Magitian onght out of commiferation and reverence to the deceafed, to ufe what means can poffibly be ufed for the procuring reft unto the Spirit. To. which effeé he mnit dig a grave, and filling the fame half full of quick Lime, anda little Salt and com- mon Sulphur, put the Carcafs naked into the fame ;_which experiment, next tothe burning of thebody intoafhes, is of great forceto quiet and end the di- {turbance of the Aftral Spiric. ioe : Scott cated But if the Ghoft with whom the Exorcift confulteth, be of one that dyed the common death, and obtain’d the ceremonies of burial, the body muft be dig d oue of the ground at 12a clock atnight; andthe’ Magician muft have a com- is panion H a ‘ie & How tolay the i Spiric, + ee a Oe Bh: hi bees ee 213 Boox XV. — _ The Difcovery How toraife Paymon,@e. panion with him, who beaggth a torch inhis left hand, and fmiting the Corps thrice with the confecrated rod, the Exorcift muft turn himfelf to all the four winds, faying: : : vag Another form. 'y the virtue of the holy refurrettion, and the torments of the damned, I conjure and ae expreize thee {pirit of N. deceafed, to anfwer my liege demands, being obedient snto pole ceremonies on pain of everlafting torment and diftrefs : Then let him fay, | a praia walbin gab gaboz agaba, Arife, arife, I charge and com- mand tee. : ; : After which Ceremonies, let him ask what he defireth and he fhall be an- - {wered. A Caution for But as a faithful cautionto the praéticer of this Art, I fhall conclude with theExorcift, this, That ifthe Magician, by the Conftellation and Pofition of the Stars at his : nativity, bein the predicament of thofe that follow Magical Arts, ict will be very dangerous to try this experiment for fear of fuddain death enfuing, which - the Ghofts of men deceafed, can eafily effe& upon thofe whofe nativities lead them to Conjuration: And which fuddain and violent death, the Stars do al- wayes promife to fuch asthey mark with the Stigma of Magicians. } eee a coe Re 3 Cuap. Ill. : : How toraife up the three Spirits, Paymon, Bathin, and Barma : And what wonderful things may be effetted through their affiftance. 3 e He Spirit Paymon is of the power of the Air, the fixteenth in the ranck sm ‘fof Thrones, fubordinate to Corban and AMarbas. Bathin is of a deeper reach in the fource of the fire,the fecond after Lacifers familiar, and hath not his fellow for agility and affablenefs, in the whole Infernal Hierarchy. : Barma isamighty Potentate of the order of Seraphims, whom 20 Legions of Infernal Spirits do obey ; his property isto metamorphofe the Magician or ; whom he pleafeth,and tranfport into foreign Countreys. i 2 a ' Thefe three Spirits, though of various ranks and orders, are all of one power, ability and nature, and the form of raifiag themall isone. Therefore the Ma- _ gician that defireth to confule with either of thefe Spirits, muft appoint a night inthe waxing of the Moon, wherein the Planet AZercury reigns, at 11 a clock at night; not joyning to himfelf any companion, becaufe this particular aétion willadmit of none ; and for the {pace of four dayes before the appointed night, The urenfils he ought every morning to fhave hisbeard, and thife himfelf with clean linnen, -— gobe uled, providing beforehand the two Seals of the Earth, drawn exaétly upon parch=- es ment, having alfo his confecrated Girdle ready of a black Cats skin with the — hair on, and thefe names written on the inner fide of che Girdle: Pa, Pa *& Gir, aes Qaie %& Elibea & Elohim - Sadap -~« Pah Adonap -K tuo robere > Cinktus ‘ Their erder, Rae | ‘ Upon-his Shooes muft be written Wetragrammaton, with crofles round ree about, and his garment muift be a Prieftly Robe of biack, with a Friers hood, a ae and a Bible inhis hand. keh ae eet ~ When all chefe things are prepared, andthe Exorcift hath lived chaftly, and retired until the appointed time: Let him have ready a fair Parlour or ee Cellar, with every chink and window clofed ; then lighting feven Candles, and. : TheCirce, drawing a double Circle with his own blood, which he muft have ready be- ete WE forehand: lec him dividethe Circle into feven parts, and write thefe feven > mames at the feven divifions, fetring at every Namea Candle lighted ina brazen et Candleftick in the fpace betwixt the Circles: The names are chefe, ados Cicherie A Anick * Pan SE Sagun kk Aba -k Ahalidath ~. Race | | When i | \ ig . J plies Sa a a ie | ites ie: ie anil pane fiat SSE eR. aT eh Oe 0, Shira BR a ga to tas fists Pag i ne ea eter Mae Pie ee * La ; : z = aa ee, ai Z t Ba H i ; ake 5 da : z ‘ ‘ my ; } s j ; i When the Candles are lighted, let the Magician being in the midft of the | Circle, and fupporting himfelf with twodrawn Swords, fay with a low and pen , dubmiffive voyce ;. I do by the vertne of thefe feven holy Names which are the Lamps The Confecra- a of the living God, Confecrate unto my ufe this inclofed Circle, and exterminate ong tom E of it al evill Spirits , and their power; that beyond the limit of their'circumfes Pe rence they enter not on pain of tirments to be doubled, Pah, Gato, Belioz, e-em. ligah, Amen. BG) ee] OP 2s daa a When this Confecratiou is ended, Let him fprinkle the Circle with»con- fecrared Water, and with a Chafing-dith of Charcole,. perfume it with Fran- _ Kincenfe and Cinamon , laying the Swords a crofs the Circle, -and ftanding over them ; then whileit the fumigation burneth, Jet him begin to. call thefe three Spirits in this following manner: ~ SR RI | Sek be L Conjure and Exorcize yon the three Gentle and Noble Spirits of the phwer of The Con jura- the North, by the great and dreadful name of Peolphar. your King, and. by the tion, ia filense of the night, and by the holy rites of Adagick., and by the number of the In- Oe a fernal Legions, I adjure and invocate you; That withour delay ye prefent your felues 1s: here before the Northern quarter of thisCircle, all of you, or any one of you 5 and » -anfwer my demands by the force of the words contained in this Book. This mutt ae a be thrice repeated, and at thethird repetition, the three Spirits will either — fs ee i all appear, or one by lor , if the other be already fomewhére elfe imployed; :. at their appearauce they will fend before them three fleer Hounds Opening The Appear. after a Hare; who will run round the Circle for the fpace of half a quarter anes. of an hour ; after that more hounds will come in, aud after all, a little ugly ‘ e£thiop, who will take the Hare from their ravenous mouths, and together ae with the Hounds vanifh; at. laft the Magician fhall hear the winding of a Hunts-mans horn, and a Herald on Horfeback fhall come galloping with three Hunters behind upon black Horfes, who will compafs the Circle feven times; anaes and at the feventh time will make a ftand atche Northern quarcer, difmiffing the ; Herald that came up before them, and turning their Horfes towards the Ma- ; a a _ Sician, will ftand all a breft before him faying ; @il peagma burthow inae- Phy “a batan dennab , to which the Magician matt boldly anfwer; I6¢ral , Bereald, | 0118 ae Ciath, wermiel 5 By the facred rites of Magick ye are welcome ye three famous oh Hunters of the North, and my command is, that by the power of ithefe. Ceremonies ye be obedient and faithful unto ty [ummons, unto which I conjure you by the boly Names of God, Pah, Gian; Soter, Pah, Jehovah, Immanuel, TZ etragramma- ton, Pah, Adronap, Sabtap, Seraphin 5 ‘Binding and obliging you to anf wer plainly, faithfully and traly, by al the[e holy names, and by the anfal nam: of your mighty King an Peolphoit. | ental ‘i Pee aang a Which when the Magician hath faid , the middle Hunter named Papmon, ey willanfwer, Gil pragma burthon machatan denna , %e are the three might) the condi, Hunters of the North, in the Kingdom of Biacim, and are come hither by the fownd on of thy Conjarations, to which we {wear by him thas liveth to yield obedience, if Ju- the eae das that betrayed him be not named. be ‘Then fhall the Magician fwear, By him that liveth ,and by’ all that ts contained in The Magick ek og this holy Book, I {wear unto you this night , and by the myfteries of thes aétion , I ans Oath. Se {wear unto you this night, and by the bonds of darkne(s I (wear unto you-this night; That Judas'the Traitor (hall not be named, and that blood {hall not be offered unto yor, but that truce and equal terms {hall'be obferved betwixt ws. Which being faid, the. Spirits will bow down their heads.to the Horfescretts, andthen alightingdown will call their Herald to withdraw their Horfes; which done; The Magician & may begin to bargain with all, or any one of chem, asa familiar invifibly‘toat- tend him, orto anfwer all difficulties that he propoundeth: Then may he be- gin toask them of the frame of the World, andthe Kingdoms thereit con- tained ,. which are unknown unto Geographers : He may alfo’be informed of — all Phylical proceffes and operations ; alfo how to goinvifibleand fythrough © | | the airy Region: They can likewife give unto him the powerful Girdle of Thic girdle of Vi&ory, teaching him how to-compofe and er hilas the fame, which si Vidtory, 5 | j 2 toe ie ‘ Se eee 7) as See eer res, ee a ae es ce ee he ot te 5 eee ge a oo ef ee ee, ee ee the force, being tyed about him, to make him conquer Armies, and all men whatfoever. Belides, there is not.any King or Emperour throughout the’ world ; bue if he defiresit, they will engage ro bring him che mott: pretious of their’Jewels and Richesin twenty four hours; difcovering alfo unto him the way of finding hidden treafures andthe richeft mines... Bei es The formof © And after the Conjurer hath fulfilled his defires, he thall difmifs the aforefaid difeharge. Spirits inthisfollowing form. | eae I charge you ye three officious Spirits to depart unto the place whence ye were called , without injary to either man or Beaft , leaving the tender Corn untouched, and the {eed unbruifed ; I difmifs you, and licence you to go backuntill I call you, and to be. alwayes ready at my defire y efpecially thon nimble Wathin, whom I have chofen to attend me, that thou be alwayes ready when I ring a little Bell to prefent thy felf withont any Magical Ceremonies performed ; and fo depart ye from hence, “and peace-be betwixt you and us, In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen. : ; When the Magician hath repeated this laft form of difmiffion, he will hear immediately a horn winding , after which the Herald with the jet black Horfes, _and the three Spirits will mount upon them, compafiing the Circle feven times, ~ with the Herald winding his horn before them, and at every Candle they will bow towards the Horfes creft, till coming towards the Northern quarter, they will with great obeyfance feemto march away out through the folid wall as through a City gate. | Cons -ps) PV: How to Confecrate al manner of Circles, Fumigations, Fire, Magical Garments, ana Uienfills. tea What things , Onfecrations are related either to the perfon or the thing confecra- aretebe con- ted. The perfon is the Magitian himfelf, whofe confecration conlift~ fecrated. eth in Abftinence, Temperance, and holy Garments. The things con- fecrated are the Oyl, the Fire, che Water. The Fumigations confifting. of ori- ental Gumsand Spices ; the magical Sword, Penfils, Pens and Compafles ; the meafuring Rule andwaxen Tapers, the Pentacles, Periapts, Lamins, and Si- ’ gils, Vetts, Caps, and Prieftly Garments ; thefe are the materials to be con- : “fecrated. ) i : Pentaclcs. The facred Pentacles are as fignsand charms for the binding of Evil De- mons, confifting of Characters and Names of the Superior order of the good Spirits oppofite unto thofe evils ones whom the Magitian is about to Invo- cate: And of facred Pictures, Images, and Mathematical Figures adapted to the” names and natures of feparated Subitances whither good or evil. Now the form of Confecrating fuch Magical Pentacles isto name the vertue of the holy Names and Figures, their Antiquity and Infticucion with the intention of the Confe- cration purifying the Pentacle by confecrated fire, and waving the fame over the flames thereof. i Urenfils. » When the Exorcift would confecrate Places or Urenfils, Fire or Water for - magical ufes, he muft repeat the Confecration or Dedication of Solomon the King at the building of the Temple, the Vifion of AZofes at the Bufh, and the Spirit of the Lord on the tops of the Mulberry-trees, repeating alfothe Sacri- fice of it felf being kindled ; the Fire upon Sodom, and the Water of Eternal Life: Wherein the’ Magitian mutt ftill remember to {peak of the feven' golden Candlefticks , and Ezekiels Wheels, clofing the Confecration with the deep and my fterious Names of God and holy Demons. ; dutaiten’., When particular Inftruments are to be fan@ified, the Magician mutt fprinkle the fame with confecrated Water, and fumigate them with fumiga- tions , anoint them wich confecrated Oyl: And laftly, Seal them with holy . , Chara&ers ; ai: Boer XV. The Difcovery Confeerating of Circles,8ec* relating the particulars of the Confecration wich Petitions co that Power in. | whofe Name and Authority. the Ceremony is performed. a And in like manner fhalt thou confecrate and fan@ifie every UtenGil what- How to confe- 4 foever, by Sprinklings, Fumigations, Unétions, Seals, and Benedi@tions, com- crate, . - Memorating and reiterating the fanctifyings in the holy Scripture, of the Tables 9 of the Law delivered to Adofes ; of the two Teftaments in the New Covenant , of che holy Prophets in their Mothers wombs, and of Aboliah, and Abolibah, whom the Spirit of God infpired to frame all forts of curious workmanfhip for the Tabernacle. Thisis the fum of Confecrationn. Ws * an Cir APP Vv. Treating more prattically of the Confecration of Circles, Fires, Garments, and Fa- * “migations. ; fon of the year, and the Conftellation are to be confidered ; as alfo what >& a4 fort of Spirits are to be called; and to what Region, Air, or Climate they belong: Therefore this method is to be followed for the more order- ly and certain proceeding therein. Firft, a Circle nine foot over muft be drawn, within which another Circle three inches from the outermoft muft be alfo made, in the Center whereof the nameof the hour, the Angel of the hour, the Seal of the Angel, the Angel of the day predominant, wherein the. work is undertaken. Note, thefe attributes are to be infcribed betwixt the Circles: round about with Alpha at the beginning", and Omega at the clofe. ——- . Ween the Circle is compofed, ic muft be fprinkled with holy Water, while Fumigations) - the Mag cian faith, Wal me O Lord, and I (hall be whiter then Snow: And as for ed the Fumigations over them, this Benediétion muft be faid ; O God of Abraham, Ifaac , and Jacob, blefs theferby fubfervient creatures , that they may multiply the force of their excelent odors, to hinder evil {pirits and phantafms froma entring the Circle, throughenr Lord. Amen. afin ify : . An Exorcifm for the fire. OA ST ON aa ie The Exorcift ought to have an earthen Cenfer, wherein to preferve the fire f...: for magical ufe:,ind the expiations and fumigations, whofe confecration is on this manner. | ; oe By hime that created Heaven and Earth, and isthe God and Lord of all, I ex~ orcize and fanttific thee thou creature of Fire, that immediately thou banifh every phantafm from thee, [0 that thou prove not hurtful in any kind: Which I be- feech thee O Lord to confirm by fanttifying and making tas this creature of fire, that it may be bleffed and confecrateto the honour of thy holy Name. Amen. . At the putting on the Garments, Let the Magician fay, By the figurative myftery of this holy Stole or Veftment, Garmens, LT: the Conftruion of Magical Circles, the hour, day, or night, and fea- Circles how to I will cloath me with the armour of Salvation in the ftrength of the higheft. Ancoz, Amacoz, Amides, Mheodtonias, Anitoz. That my defired end may be effected through thy ftrength Adonat, to whom the praife and glory will for ever belong. y Se Which Ceremonies being finifhed, the Exorcift fhall Process to the ta Pragice;* tical part of Invocation and Conjuration of all degrees of Spirits, having eve- ies ry utenfil and appendix in readinefs for the performance, and proceeding ac- cording to the method inthefe following Chapters, . De ls i Oe | Crap, a ‘ ey a eee eee Lee ee eS eS Oe ee a ee eee ee, —s- St . Di CanAcem id Siecert me = TT ARTS EEN SN ERE TS Tg NE Ee Se dis lide bie eee ae. A ’ oe) : j - a2. Boox XV; | The Difcovery Spirits of the Airy Region. 1 . , : C Mon spy ’V: 1. | , j How to raife and exorcize all forts of Spirits belonging to the Airy Region. Whar forrof / He Garment which the Exorcift is cloathed wichall at the performance Garments muft _ of this aétion, ought according to the opinions of the chiefeft Magi- be ufeds. cians, tobea Prieftly Robe, which if it can no where be procured, ; may be a neat and cleanly linnen Veit, withthe holy Pentacle faftned there- unto upon Parchment made of a Kids skin, over which an Invocation muft be faid, and then the Pentacle muft be fprinkled with holy Water. Atthe putting on the Magical Garment, this Prayer maft be repeated: By thy holy power Ada- nat Sabaoth, And ly the power and merit of thine Angels and Archangels, and by the vertue of holy Church, which thou haft (anttified , do I cloath me with this confecrated Garment, that what I am to prattice may take effet. through thy Name , who art for ever and cver. . : | The mannerof Now as for the time of operation, and the manner thereof, The Inftru@ions e _ Conjuring. before fet down, are fufficient co direct the Exorcift: only the Aéter and a » _ his Scholar muft be mindful in the way, as they go towards the place of Con- : | _ juration, te reiterate the facred forms of Confecrations, Prayers, and. Invoca- tions, the one bearing an Earthen Veflel with confecrated fire, and the other the Magical Sword , the Book and Garments, tillapproaching nigh the place where the Circle is to be drawn, they muft then proceeed to compofe it after the aforefaid manner. And at lait Exorcize the Spirits on this following manner : ; Seeing God hath given us the power to bruife the Serpents head, and commsand the Prince of Darkne{s. much more to bear rule over every airy Spirit + Therefore by hes Strong and mighty Name Jehovah do I conjure you, (naming the Spirits), and by his fecret commands delivered to Mofes on the Adount, and by his holy Name We- tragrammaton,, 2nd Ly all hw wonderful Names and Attributes, Sadat, Dilon, Emilah, Athanatos, Paracletos, &c. That ye do here immediately appear be- fore this Circle, in humane form, and not terrible or of monftrous fhape, on pain of eter- nal mifery that abides you, nnlefs you {peedily fulfil my commands, Iatbar, Waltar, Archim, Anakin, Pakun. Amen. | When the Bxorciit hath finifhed this Conjuration, he and his companion thall continue conftantly turning themfelves to the Eaft, Weft, North and South, fay- ! _., ing, with their Caps in their hands, Gerfon, Anek, Pephaton, Walannah,Ca- The Appariti-, bom 5 and within a little fpace chey will behold various apparitions upon the - ons. ground, and in the air, with various habits, fhapes, and inftruments ; after that, he thall perceive a troop of armed menwith threatning carriage appear before the Circle, who after they are conjured to leave off their phantafms, will at Jaft prefent chemfelves before the Exorcift in humane form. Thenthe Mafter muft be mindful to rake the confecrated Sword, and the cup of Wine into his hands ; the Wine he fhall pour into the fire, and the Sword he fhall brandifhin hisright arm, being girded about with a Scarler Ribbon; aftér this the Magician fhall fay , ®abire , Gephna, Anepberaton 4 chen the Sie will begin to bow unto che Exorcift, faying, We are ready to fulfil thy pleafure. . Swarts aye “i ' So that when the Magician hath brought the Spirits to this length, he may ask what ever he defirech, and they will anfwer him, provided the queftions be- le _ Tong to that order whereof they are. ERD What thefe Now the properties wherein they excel, are thefe ; They can give the gift of Spititscan do. Invifibility, and the fore-knowledge of the change of weather ; they canteach the Exorcift how to excite Storms and Tempefts,and how to calm them again;they can bring news in an hours {pace of the fuccefs of any Bartle, Seidge,-or Navy, how farr off foever; they can alfo teach the language of Birds, and how to "The form: ? fly through che air invifibly. "Twas AL che NPT: see i spy gah Rap Cas: ees oo aah Gea watE e PI Ly NE SE Re eR Ty PMT 7 eee Ms See ee NS Ae eee > |) a eae Ta IY on! A emer Om ae eee, RA AOE gee oe ee y 5 oem Tidoni. : of Witchcraft. = CHar. VIL 223 ‘Twas through the affittance of thefe airy Spirits, chat Chanchianenngi , Anexample of the Tartarian Emperovr did give the Chinos {uch adefperate rout near the year their power, ° 1646. for itis reported, that he had conttantly in his prefence two Magicians, named Ran and Sionam, who perceived every mot.on of the China’s Army, and had intelligence by thefe Spiritsof the Emperours private Counfels and Confultations. 3 WAR ae | And it is credibly reported by Magicians , that wonderful things may be with facility effected through the affiftance of cthefe aforefaid Spirits, {fo thae the Exorcift muft be very affableunto them, and gently difmifs them (when _ he ts fatished) in this following manner ; : Seeing ye have willingly an{wered all our Interrogations and defires, we. givé you yw. 3:00: leave Bis licence, In Wig os of the Father, Son, oO TERE to loo ... recs ne your place , and be ever ready to attend our call; Depart, I {ay,in peace, and peace be confirmed betwixt us and you. Amen. ys Ks OK. ey ce glen as After allthefe Ceremonies are finifhed, the Spirits will begin to depare, ‘9 making obeyfance as they go; and thenthe Matter muit demolifh the Circle, 7 and taking up all the Utenlils’ repeat the Pater Noffer asthey are going away oe from the place of Coujuration, lial C Ha’ pee Vik How to obtain the familiarity of the Genius or Good Angel, and caufe him to ap- pear. | ve Ccording to the former Inftru€tions in conjuring Spirits, we muft pro- pew to cons | 4 ceed to confult with the Fumiliars or Genii ; firft, after che manner pre- fule with Fe- , . {cribed by Magicians, the Exorcift muft inform himfelf of the mame of miliars or Ge- is 00d Genivs; which he may find inthe Rules of Travias and Philerssus; as ™ alfo,; what Charaéter and Pentacle , or Lamin, belongs to every Genins. After this is done, Let him compofe an earneft Prayer unto the faid Genivs, which he mutt / repeat thrice every morning for feven dayes before the Invocation. . en The Magician muft alfo perfeétly be informed to what Hierarchy or Order: _ the Genius belongs, and how he is dignified in refpeé of his Superiours and In- feriours; for this form of Conjuration belongs not to the Infernal or Aftral Kingdom, but to the Celeitial Hierarchy ; and therefore great gravity and fanctity is herein required, befides the due obfervation of all the other in- jundtions, until the time approach wherein he puts the Conjuration in exe- cution. | | cane tae: ee ie When the day is come wherein the Magician would invocate his proper Ge- — | nius, he muit enter into a private clofet, havinga liccle Table and Silk Carpet, and two Waxen Candleslighted; as alfoa Chryftal Stone fhaped triangularly about the quantity of an Apple, which Stone muit be fixed upon a frame in the center of the Table : And then proceeding with great devotion to Invocation, | he mutt thrice repeat the former Prayer,concluding the fame wich Pater Nofer, ec. anda Miffale de Spiritu Santto. A ne es Then he mutt begin to Confecrate the Candles, Carper, Table and Chryftal ; fprinkling the fame with his own blood, and ‘faying, I do by the power of the he holy Names Aghaon, Eloi, Eloi, Sabbathon, Anephezaton, Jah, Agian, Fab, rheform of Bebovrah, Immanuel,Archon Archonton, Sadat, Sadat, Feobatchah, Sc. (antti- Confecration, - fie and confecrate thefe holy utenfils to the performance of this holy werk, In the Name The Prayer, of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, Amen. | itt an pie Which done, the Exorcift muft fay this following Prayer with his face towards the Eaft, and kneeling with his back to the confecrated Table. O thou bleffed phanael my Angel Guardian, vouch{afe to defcend with thy holy In- fluence and prefence into this {potle(s Chryftal, that I may behold thy glory and enjoy thy fociety O thou who art higher then the fourth Heaven, and know ft the fecrets. of 3 | | . lanel 5 ae * \ ee ee 224 Boox XV. The Difcovery conjuring of WLuridon,B&c. f RSE RRR = . ® ship Elanel. Thon that rideft upon the wings of the wind % and art mighty and potent , shhh in thy celeftial and {uper-lunary motion , do thon defcend and be prefint I pray thee, and defire thee, if ever I have merited thy fociety, or if my attions and inten- tions be pure and {anttified before thee , bring thy external prefence hither , and con~ uerfe with thy (ubmiffive Pupil» by the tears of Saints and Songs of Angels, In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, who are one God for ever and ever. - This Prayer being firlt repeated towards the Eaft, mutt be afterwards faid towards all the four windsthrice. And next the 70. Pfalm repeated ont of a ’ Bible that hath been confecrated in like manner as the reft of the utenfils,. which ceremonies being ferioufly performed ; the Magician muft arife from — ~ his knees, and fit before the Cryftal bare-headed with the confecrated Bible in his hand, and the Waxen Candles newly lighted, waiting patiently and in- | ternally for the coming and appearance of the Genizs. : Signs of the Now about a quarter of an hour beforethe Spirit come. There will appear appearance. sea variety of apparitions and fights within the glafs; asfirfta beaten road ; ~ or traét, and travelers,men and women marching filently along ; next there wild Rivers, Wells, Mountains and Seas appear: after thac a Shepherd upon a plea- fant hill feeding a goodly flock of Sheep, andthe Sun fhining brightly at his | ‘going down ; and laitly, innumerable fhews of Birds and Beafts, Montters and {trange appearances, noifes, glances, and affrightments, which fhews will all at - laft vanifh at che appearance of the Genius. ; The Appear- And chenthe Genins will prefent it felf amidft theCryftal, in the very fame ane. apparel and fimilitude that the perfom himfelf is in, giving inftruétions unto . the Exorcift how to lead his life and reétifie his doings. But efpecially (which is the proper work of every Genizs) he will touch his heart and open his fenfes and under{tanding, fo that by this means, he may at- tain to the knowledge of every Art and Science, which before the opening of “his Intellect was lockt and kept fecret from him. Be After which, the Genius will be familiar in che Stone at the Prayer of the Ma- - gician. Cn ab. VUTI: A form of Conjuring Luridan the Familiar, otherwife called Welelah. He narureof Wridan is a Familiar Domeltick Spirit of the Worth, who is now become Luridan, i fervant to Watkin, Lord and King of the Northern Mountains, he calls . Ly himfelf the Afral Genius of Pomonia, an [land amongft the Orcades be- yond Scotland. But heis not particularly refidentthere ; for in the dayes of Solomson and David, he wasin Jerufalem, or Salem, being then under the name of 1Belilah 5 after that he came over with Fulivs Cafar, and remained fome hun- dred of years in Cambria, or Wales, inftru€ing their Prophetical Poets in Bré- tifo Rhimes, being then furnamed Urthin-Wadd Elgin , from thence he betook - himfelf unto this Ifland, Anno 1500. and continued there for so years, after _ which he refigned his Dominion to tBaléin, and hath continued ever fince anat- ek tendant unto this Prince. : : : His Office. He is a Spirit of the Air in the order of @iauron, and is faid to procreate As 10 as mortalsdo; He is often fent by his Maiter upon errands to Lapland , Fin- land , and Strik-finia; as alfoto the moft Northern parts of Raffia, bordering on the Northern frozen Ocean: His office (being called by Magicians) is to de-. molith {trong holds of Enemies, deftroying every night what they build the _ day before; taextinguifh fires, and make their Gunthor that ic hath no power to beenkindled ; for his nature isto be at enmity with fire: and under his - Mafter with many Legions hé wageth continual warrs with the fiery Spirits that inhabit the Mountain Hecla in Jfe-land, where they endeavour to extinguifh thefe fiery flames, and the inhabiting Spirits defend the flames from his Mafter and hisLegions. : : In 4 FES EN Oe the ON Eye TENS PO IMR cok SN one an RL Se Ler ss 2 ; Bis Fie . <= pea Tidoni. Lore. Ng irebickae, CuareVill, ny In this conteft they do often totally extirpate and deftroy one ano- The Warrs Ges ther, killing and crufhing when ghey meet in mighty and violent Troops Spitics, a in the Air upon the-Sea; and at fuch atime many of the fiery, Spirits are deftroyed, when the Enemy hath brought them of the Mountain to fight upon the water ; on the contrary, whenthe battle ison the Mountain ic felf, the Spirits of the Air are oftenworfted, and then great mournings, and. sis noifes are heard both in. Z/eland and Ruffiay and Norway for many days after. lt es» BY, bt eis But to proceed to the form of conjuring this aforefaid Spirit , the Magi-. The formoé cian muft draw aCircle in a Moonfhine night in fome folitary Valley; the the Circle and Circle muft be 18 foot over, and another Circle a foot diftance within the Ceremonies, fame, being both drawnawith chalk , and the Exorcift being girded about with : two Snakes skins eyed together, “and having many. Snakes skins tyed to ieee his cap, and hanging down before and behinde, maft alfo with Chalk draw fa a the form of a fiery Mountain at one fide of the Circle on this manner ; 2 Sie My) i} MAN na Thai \ \ My Ah A “4K MQ \ Wy) gee = = —* SS ee A == ig ie EB > ie AES pay py mf AD = by AF. WA ee ° ‘es = Ny Ge (x. FS eZ , : eo -& ae ) Ty t= is) i iS And round about the Mountain thefe following, names muft be wrote, @iay: The Conkcig Ok Yon, Dpotok, Walkin, Dpotck, Urthin, Dpotek, Swaknar, Palah, Dpstok, con of the *kok ok. After the Mountain is.drawm, he mutt confecrate the fame in thefe Mountain, fi following words, fron, Anepheraton, Waron Warathzen, Mab halge tour or ie a | becla, In the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghof, Amen koko. Atter che | aa Magician hath confecrated the Mountain, he mutt write betwixt the circles. a thefe following words ; Urthin -& alc bit & -& Widdal tattton -w Galak | 2 Glaura & Wathemo % Lhowah & Elohim % Immannel & dwn. Ob AK ‘ £\>%. Which done’, he mutt begin to Invocate the Spirit on chis following manner. ; | O ye Powers of the Eaft, Athanaton, of the Weft, Denon 5 of the South, ora fl lim; of ihe North, Claygn 3° charge aud command you by the dreadful Names ibe. Conjura- here mentioned , and the Confecration of thes terrible Mountain, to prefent your Selves one-of every fort before thes Circle by the power of Immanuel, and has holy Name. After this hath with fervency been thrice repeated , che Exorcift will hear great noifes of Swords and fighting, Horfes neighing, and Trumpets founding, and at laft here will appear-tour little Dwarfs or Pigmies naked be- fore the Circle, their fpeech will be antient Irifh ; which. afterwards bein * confined toa Triangle, they will interpret; the fubftance thereof will be from whence they came laft, and what wonderful things they can do ; Thenthe Ma- gician muft ask them, if they know one ALuridan.a familiar ; chey will anfwer Hamad \ \ ‘f ie The Appatitis on y Rurivan, The Conspa&. The names of Olympick Angels, ~ 24 MK f cca Sry 3 Gas ty pal Splatt is Se ci ae 5S DS ee : . Teg - Damabh ni trulioh Walkin, he is Secretary or.fervant unto (6 aikin , and af- ; : he al ih el eee EL EV A MC es al acl LT PP REROe Tee - 9b we: ? The Difcovery ter the Exorcift hath charged themto brigg the faid Luritan unto him, they _ will immediately bring him like alittle Dwarf with a crooked nofe, and pre- fent him before the Magician in the triangle ; then the Magician fhall. bind and tyehim withthe bond of obligation, and» with his own bloed , without any contraét of conditions to be performed, that he will attend him con- ftantly at his thrice repeating Luridan, Lurivan, dLuridan, And be ever ready to go whether he will, tothe 7urks, or tothe uttermoft parts of the Earth , which he cando inan hour, and deftroy albtheir Magazines. | : ~ After the Magician hath fo bound him ,:he fhall receive from the Spirit a fcrole written in this manner ;— it hanes ODA wy ye C onjuring of Walkin, &c. which is the Indenture to ferve him for a year anda day; and then the Ma- gician fhall difmifs him for that time inthe form of difmifion. Cosa pe. .UXe How to Conjure the Spirit Walkin the Mafler of ALuridan,. s in the former Chapter, the Exorcift is inftru&ted to draw the form of the Mountain Hec/a within the circle, foin this form of Conjura-' tion he muft do the fame, adding thefe names to be written round the Mountain AZathiel ; Kabhuniel, Seraphiel, Ppniel, Wapel, Fraciel. Thefe are the names of Olympick Angels, sovewning the North, and ruling over every airy Spirit that belongs unto the Worther# Climate; fo that the auchority of thefe - haines muft be ufed inthe calling up of this Spirit, becaufe he is a great Lord, and + very lofty, neither will he appear without {trong and powerful Lavocations. Therefore the Magician muft make upon Virgin Parchment the two Seals of the Earth, and provide unto himfelfa Girdle made of a Bears-skin with a rough fide next his body , and thefe names wrote round about in the outerfide, ok Aipha & Cozonzon, Pah, Laniah, Adonay % Soncas & Damael & An- weli fogtes & pur pur Elibza, Elohim &« Mmega ~~ per fammam ignis per bitam Cozonzon *k Aen. >. Alio he mutt provide-a black Prieftly Kobe ~~ to reach to hisaukles, anda new Sword with Agia onthe one fide, and On upon the other ; having likewife been very continent and chait for three days before the execution of his defign: and when the appointed night. approach- eth, he muft rake with him af earthen pan with fire therein, anda little Viol with fome of his own blood, as alfo fome of the Gum or Rozin that comes from the Firr-tree. And coming to the appointed place in fome folicary Valley, the circle mult be drawn with chalk, as the former, one’circle within another , and thefe _ powerful names in the circumference, Mtheos on Pantheon & Weehit, Pa- thamaim, Wabarets Wabapab + Lobu ry ba abu YX Fk A LL mag- nus es tu ben Elohim qui fiper alas bentoxirttt equitarig ye. K OW= > This Circumfeription is accounted amongtt Magicians of all the mo erful and prevalent. 05s After this the Circle, Mountain, Fire, Turpentine, Girdle, Garments, Sword and Blood muft be confecrated according to the foregoing forms of @onfe- cration, adding alfo thisto theend of the confecration. ; | Mighty art thou O Adonap, Elohim, Pa, Pa, Aie, Aie, Acimop , who haft ereated the light of the day, and the darkne{s of the night, unto whom every knee > bows in Heaven and on Earth, who haft created the Dehu and the Wohu, that 2 Stupor or wumlne/s in a thing tobe admired , and mighty are thy mgnificient An- SSyuh thee oe : : gels, « * EU eae ee 77 Tidoni. c | of Witchcraft. gels Damael and. Guael, whofe influence can make the winds to bow, and every airy Spirit ftoop ; Let thy right hand {anttifie thefe confecrated atenfils, exterminating every noxious thing from their bedies, and the circumference of thw Circle. Amen. Calerna, Shalom, Shalom, Agia on Saflur; Lafrac, Angeli fortes, Le Nomine Pairs, : - Filii, & Spiritus Santis. Amen; Amen, Amen. After. that, he thaff {weep the circle gently with a Foxestayl, and fprinkle the fame round with his blood, dipping alfo the Sword, or anointing it with the fame, and brandifhing the fame in his right hand, he fhall begin to conjure the Spirit.on this following manner : . I Exurcize and Conjure thee thon great and powerful Walkin, Lord of lauren, Lord of ALuridan, and of fifteen hundred Legions, Lord of the Northern Mountains, and of every Beaft that dwells thereon by the holy and wonderful Names of the Almighty Tebobah, Athanato + Aionos * Dominug lempiternus % Aletheios 1% Da- dap Iebobab, Kedeth, El gaboz + Deus foztiflimus + Anaphetaton, Amoa- rule, Ameron kok -& Panthon ~& Craton ~ Wuridon & Jah, Jehovah, Ela- dim pentafleron K -& trinus et unus % ROK I Exorcize and Conjure, F Invocate and Command thee thou aforefaid S pirit , by the powers of Angels and Aéh: angels, Cherubim and Seraphim, by the mighty Prince Cozonzon, by the blood of Abel, by the righteoufne/s of Seth, and the Prayers of Noah, by the voyces of Thunder and dreadful day of Judgment ; by all theft powerful and royal words above(aid, that with- oni delay or malitiows intent , thou do come before me here at the. circumference of this confecrated Circle, to anfwer wey propofals and defires without any manner of ter- rible form either of thy [elf , or attendants ; but only obediently, fairly, and with Lood intent , to prefent thy felf before me, this Circle being my defence, throagh his power who w A'mighty, and hath [anttified the fame, In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen. | After the Magician hath thrice repeated this Conjuration, Let him immedi- ately fet the fire before him, and put the Rozin thereon to. fumigate at the ap- pearance of the conjured Spirits, and at the inftant of their appearance he fhall hold the Cenfer of fire in his left hand, and the Sword in his right, ftill curning - round as the Spirits do. : | For in a little {pace after the Invocation is repeated, he fhall hear the noife of Thunders, and perceive before him inthe Valley a mighty itorm of: Lightning and Rain; after-a while the fame will ceafe, and an innumerable company of Dwarfs or Pigmies will appear mounted upon Chamelions to march towards the Circle furrounding che fame. x Next comes %alkin with his Actendants; he will appear like the god Bac- is upon a little Gkat, and My reft that follow will march after him: afoot. - : Magician, that he cannot behold them nor himfelf ; yet lec him not be dif- comfited, or afraid, for that fog will be quickly over; and the Spirits will run round the Circle after iBalkin their Lord, who rides upona Goat; they> will continue to furround the Circle, till the Magician begin the form of obligation or binding their Leader or King in this form, with the Sword in — his right hand, the Fire and Rozin burning before him. | TZ conjure and bind thee Balkin, who. art appeared before me, by the Father, by ihe Son, and by the Holy Ghoff, by all the holy Confecrations I have made, by the powerful Nemes of Heaven, and of Earth, and of Hel; that I have ufed and, uttered in calling upon thee, by the Seals which thon here beholdeft, andthe Sword which I pre(ent unto thee, by this [anttified Girdle, and all the fanétified and. po- tent things aforefaid , That here thou remain peaceably, and of thy prefent {hape before the Northern quarter of this Circle, without injury to me in body, foul or fortunes bat onthe contrary, to anfwer faithfully unto my demands, and not hence £0 remove, til I have licenced thee to depart y In the Name of the Father, Son, and holy Spirit. Amen. i ‘Affoon as they come near the Circle, they will breath out of their mouths a mift, or fog, which will even obfcurethe light of the Moon, and darkenthe - 217 When ee 2 bo 228)~ «—Boox XV. The Difcovery Of the Spirit Walking. ~ When he is thus obliged, hewill alight from his Goat, and canfe his At- tendants to remove further into the Valley, then will he ftand peaceably before ‘che Circle to anfwer the Magician. , me : ‘ After this the Magician fhall begin to demand into his own poffeffion a Fa- ~ : miliar to build or pull down any Caftle or ftrong hold in a night; and that this Familiar bring with him the Girdle of Conqueft, or Victory, that the Magician being girded with che fame may overcome all enemies what- foever | xe ioe ‘And further, the Spirit is able to inform him of all queftions concern- ' ing Thunder and Lightning, the Motions ot the Heavens, the Comets and Apparitions in the air, Peftilence and Famine, noxious and malevolent blatts, as alfo of the Inhabitants of the Northern Pole, andthe wondersundifcovered throughout the world. | Leila | us -* Likewife ifthe Exorciftinguire concerning the habitations of ftarry Spi- rits, he willreadily anfwer him, defcribing their orders, food, life, and pait- timetruly and exactly, © a After the Magician hath fatisfied himfelf with inquiries, and curious que- {tions unto the Spirit, there will come from among{t the company a little Spi- rit of a {pan long, like a little Ethiop, which the great King Watkin will de- liver unto the Exorcift to continue as.a Familiar with him as tong as his life. fhall Jaf. This familiar the pofleflor may name at. it pleafeth him. | The three laft, who had this Spirit into poffeffion, were three Dor- thern Magicians, the firft Honduros a Norwegian, who called it Philenar , and commanded it athis pleafure with a little Bell. After him Benno his eldeft Son injoy’d the fame under the fame name. “And Swarkzar ‘a Polonias Prieft was the taft who enjoy’d it under the Name of 9uncula; all which names were impofed upon it, according to the pleafure of the Mafters; and therefore the naming of this familiar is lef . to the difcretion of the Exorcilt. _ . Now when the Mafter hath taken this familiar into his cuftody and fervice, the Spirit Malkin will defire to depart , being wearied if the action continue longer then an hour. Therefore the Magician muit be careful cro difmifs him inthis followingform: — Becaufe thou haft diligently anfwered my demands, and been ready to come at my firft call, I do here licence thee to depart unto thy proper place, without in- jury or danger to man or Beat; depart, I [ay, and be ever ready at my call, be- ing duly exorcized and conjured by facred Rites of Magick; I charge thee to gai withdraw with quiet and peace ; and peace be continued betwixt me and thee, In the’ >|. Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. Amen. 3 aie Then the Spirits company will begin to march about their Prince, and in a formal Troop will march along the Valley , whileft the Magician re-— peateth Pater Noffer, Gc. until the Spirits be quite out of fight and va- | nifhed. ; : ‘This is a compleat form of conjuring the aforefaid Spirit, according tothe , Rules of Vaganoftus the Norwegian. Le | : 1 of Wichorafe. ie Cu AP.